Midnight Sun and All Day Dark

Midnight Sun and All Day Dark

In our book, Yukon Winter, before Jackson drives to the Yukon to house sit, he researches everything. Jackson has anxiety and the more he can find out about something he has to do, the easier it is for him to cope. As we wrote, we imagined him spending several...
Tortiere, traditional and updated, and cranberry ketchup

Tortiere, traditional and updated, and cranberry ketchup

Tortiere – Sophie’s Grandmother’s Traditional Recipe 1 pie crust for a double-crust pie 1 lb mince pork or half pork and half beef 1 small onion chopped fine 2 cloves garlic, crushed ½ tsp savory ¼ tsp cloves ½ tsp herb de Provence Dash nutmeg ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp pepper...
Moose Pasta Sauce

Moose Pasta Sauce

Moose Pasta Sauce Jackson finding out about hunting game in the Yukon – “Up here, this is how we shop local. Hunting is managed. Not everyone agrees or does it, but it’s been a way of life for the First Nations long before we ever showed up. They teach respect...
Pantsers and Plotters

Pantsers and Plotters

I don’t know how other writers do it, but when I write, I am an entity called a pantser. A writer who flies by the seat of her pants, allows the pen free reign on the page and listens to the characters bouncing on the bed in the middle of the night while she’s trying...
Finding Kale

Finding Kale

Kale just appeared at the door when Jackson met Isabelle, but writing doesn’t just happen like that. I speculate he was born of the love we have of Bernese Mountain Dogs, combined with the actions and personalities of all the dogs we have ever had. Throughout the...