Finding Refuge

Voila! The little book about being in the back of beyond for the past year as the COVID-19 pandemic hit hard here and there, is published. It’s titled Finding Refuge and it’s available here: Amazon As I put it together with some intention, I saw that it relates an interesting journey into determined optimism. It was impossible to

Illustrations for An Alphabet of Place: The Little Snake River Valley by Sharon Salisbury O’Toole

Sharon O’Toole, a Wyoming rancher, recently asked me to illustrate her book, An Alphabet of Place; the Little Snake River Valley. I ended up doing 30 ink drawings and designing the book. It was a lot of fun. It’s a very beautiful small volume and we’re both proud of it. From the introduction “An Alphabet

Book Review: The Price

Originally posted on before the second sleep:
The Price by Martha Kennedy Winner of the B.R.A.G Medallion It’s been awhile since I’ve read anything from Martha Kennedy, and it didn’t take very long, once I opened up The Price, for me to settle into her simultaneously dramatic and rhythmic  style of writing. Old worldish yet…

Extra! Extra! Baby Duck Hits the Front Page!

Last week I was interviewed by a young journalist, Rebecca Copley, who works for the local newspaper, The Monte Vista Journal. I’d sent them a press release about the upcoming book launch (October 26 at the Narrow Gauge Book Coop in Alamosa), and Rebecca called. The paper wanted to do a feature. One of the

Newspaper Article about the China Book!!!

Now an Award-Winning Book!!!!

What started here on WordPress as a blog, is now an award-winning memoir. One reader said, “I started reading your book today. Martha—I love it…If ever there was a love story—this is it.” It is a love story. Another reader says, “Ms. Kennedy’s narratives are rich with sensory descriptions and heart-warming adventures. Anyone who loves hiking and

Good News for Martin of Gfenn!

CHAUCER BOOK AWARDS 2017 Short Listers for Historical Fiction pre-1750s This is the Official Semi-Finalists List of the Authors and Titles of Works that have been SHORT-LISTED for the Chaucer 2017 Book Awards. These titles will now compete for the First In Category positions. The Chaucer Awards FIRST IN CATEGORY sub-genres  are:  Pre-Historical Fiction, Ancient Historical

Christmas Excerpt from Martin of Gfenn

Christmas at the Leper Community in the village of Gfenn, Switzerland, sometime in the mid-13th century. Posted on “Before the Second Sleep” — book blog by Lisl Zlitni, part of her Journey to Zürich series.  

The Brothers Path Is Awarded a Brag Medallion!

The Story of Zürich and Me

Lisl Zlitni has kindly invited me to write a guest post on her blog, Before the Second Sleep, in connection with a series she’s doing on my novels. Here’s Journey to Zürich. Zürich Through Time and Space by Martha Kennedy Grossmünster (Great Church) My relationship with Zürich did not start well. On my first visit