Dublin, Ohio, that is. Like Dayton, I’ve been going to this festival for a long time. It feels like a reunion as each year I get to chat with vendors I’ve known a long time and reconnect with the wonderful staff at the Book Loft of German Village. I should note that this is the…
Author: Cindy Thomson
Cubs World Series Anniversary
Amazon affiliate links are used in this post. On the last day of June, Scott and I received an email from the Chicago Cubs historian Ed Hartig. In case you don’t know Scott Brown (who happens to be my cousin) and I wrote a biography on the great Cubs pitcher Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown. Scott…
Dayton Celtic Festival 2026
We’ve been in the cultural area at the Dayton festival for more years than I can count. The people in the Dayton area have been wonderful supporters of my books and I usually get to see some old friends when I’m there. I attended high school and college in the area and still have many…
A Revolutionary Story
This is how the story evolved… Way before the internet existed, my husband’s grandfather received some information on the Thomson family from his uncle who researched at the New York Public Library. Much of what he learned about more recent generations was accurate but about the earlier generations some was not. We didn’t know that…
America’s Great Symbol of the Liberty Bell
A few years ago my husband and I visited Philadelphia because we are history buffs and always wanted to go. The Liberty Bell, however, was not on our bucket list. If the line was too long, we were fine to skip it. We passed it one day. Line too long. The next day, it was…
Ancient Irish Medicine
This post was first published in 2010 on my old blog. Makes me wonder if this influenced me when I was writing the character of Juniper in Finding Juniper. It may surprise people that medicine and surgery was studied in Ireland from early times. Physicians were professionally trained. Medical practice and knowledge was handed down…
The Druid’s Fog in Colonial America
This post first appeared on an old blog of mine from 2010. As we approach the 250th birthday of the country, I thought it might be interesting to revisit this. Féth Fíada, or the druid’s fog, is thought to be an enchantment. The fog conceals someone, makes them invisible, and fog can truly do that…
I Feel Related
This post first appeared in my old blog in 2011. Sadly my friend Alister passed away suddenly in 2024 .Alister was one Irish native who understood why so many Americans say they are Irish when they were born and bred in America. This is a mystery to most of the Irish people. Some people believe…
Surprises in Ireland
This post first appeared in my old blog in 2011, after my first trip to Ireland. I’ve been two more times since and there’s always something new to discover. Maybe the surprises aren’t the same, but there is always something. Like sheep have the legal right of way on the roads and there is no…
Color My Book!
This was fun to turn my novel’s cover into a coloring page. (You should be able to right click the images to download and then print.) So I decided to try it again. And finally, my favorite. Let me know if you like these and I’ll try it with some more covers.
