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A sizzling new novel set in Taos, New Mexico. The third in the Justine Trilogy, preceded by the award-winning, The Cairo Codex and The Italian Letters. Buy it at your local independent bookstore, 
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Newer Entries »Travels in Spain…
Saturday, May 1st, 2010
I haven’t posted regularly because Morgan and I are traveling in glorious Spain. We are in Granada now, leaving by car for Ronda tomorrow, then Seville, Cordoba and Madrid. So far, it has exceeded our wildest expectations. The Alhambra framed against the snow-covered Sierra Nevadas is unequaled in beauty.
Now we could admit to such indulgences as purely vacation travel…taking a break from hard work…completing the gestalt of Moorish travel. There is a lot of truth in the latter, since we often hunger for the Moorish world.
Yet one pursuit is primary. I have been on the trail of Queen Isabella I, the extraordinary woman who envisioned the evangelization of the entire world. At this moment, I intend to begin the third novel in the Cairo Diary Trilogy, to be set in Taos, New Mexico, with an introduction to Isabella’s thinking.
Please note that I am not sympathic with her vision, only captivated by the significance it held for the whole of the Americas. And, what should we discover? She is buried in a crypt across the street from our hotel, and held the fated meeting with Christopher Columbus in the Alhambra.
More next week…Hasta La Vista, Linda
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The Writing of Cairo Diary: an Egyptian fable
Friday, April 9th, 2010
When I was a young girl, I had the charming presence of a mother who was convinced that she was reincarnated from Egyptian royalty…at least that’s what she told me. In the 1920s, young Lucretia Lashmet made her way from Kansas to the big city—Chicago, and became enchanted with the Art Deco movement. Art Deco, as you may recall, lavished great attention on Egyptian styles and artifacts. My mother played the part: flowing kaftans, elaborate—albeit costume—jewelry, tall tales, a long-necked black cat….
Later, I relished teaching Egyptian history. Then in 1989, came the opportunity to work in Egypt. Along with setting up a national curriculum center, I was able to indulge myself in the real and not so real history of this fabulous place. When I stood in the crypt under St. Sergius Church, once the cave-home of the Holy Family on their flight from Palestine, Cairo Diary: an Egyptian fable was born.
Twenty years later, this book is a reality. My first novel. The themes emerge and merge from my educational philosophy as well: freedom and empowerment; empathy and compassion; adventure and imagination. Enjoy.
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