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A Matter of Mercy

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Lynne • 1 Comment

I’m thrilled to introduce you to my new novel, A MATTER OF MERCY, published August 1. This one has so much of my heart in it. Set in Wellfleet on Cape Cod, it began when I became friends with one of the oyster farmers, Barbara Austin, whom I met while walking the beach at low tide. She was working… Continue Reading

Breaking Bad

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Lynne • 6 Comments

Television is evil. It is obviously ruining The Perfect Dog. This is all our kids’ fault. They insisted that my husband and I are completely out of it (new evidence of their favorite point!) when they belatedly discovered that we’d never watched a single episode of Breaking Bad. The final astounding, culture-changing episode had aired, and we both shrugged and said… Continue Reading

On Control

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Lynne • 10 Comments

I love control. If everyone—including my dog—would only do what I tell them, it would put the fun back in dysfunctional and (my) life would go so much more smoothly. Let’s include objects too, so my computer would stop being a butthead. Ditto my iphone 5s, and Siri, who clearly has a learning problem. Oh, it… Continue Reading

A Perfect Dog

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Lynne • 21 Comments

Meet Scout. We just adopted him. Yes, I know: “That’s not a very original name.” My daughter already told me. But Atticus seemed a bit of a mouthful, Calpurnia was out of the question, and Jem sounds like “Gem,” and I didn’t want to be accused–again–of implying that we have the perfect dog. Although he might… Continue Reading

A Love Story

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Lynne • 17 Comments

I have spent all morning lying in the sunshine on the floor with Hannah the Lab, knowing it’s our last morning together. She can’t get to her feet by herself anymore. It came on fairly suddenly last week, this final diminishment. My husband and I can see that it’s confusing and upsetting her to be lifted to… Continue Reading

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