The Storyteller | Mary Vee

Some of us like the dawning of the holidays. Harvest bounty leading into Thanksgiving and on into Christmas with a New Year's finale. Others feel like Scrooge. Humbug. My new release only days old is perfect for both sides of the fence.  With a paperback designed in the fashion of Dickens' Christmas Carol , this is the book for you. Consider this: What if Scrooge married, had children, and generations later they lived in the States. One family in Chicago full of city life, and the other in Montana where a view of the horizon is never obstructed by a building. Then suppose these families happened to end up at the same mountain lodge the week before Christmas. There would be more peace in a meeting of the Montagues and the Capulets than the Chicago Windermeres and the Montana Tuckers that week. This is the story. A Peace on Earth-Good Will to Man with a Twist of Romeo and Juliet Novel. High in the Rocky Mountains, the front door to the Windermere lodge b...

This week I would like to tell you about two exciting "new." I leave the period there because I don't want to spoil what they are before you look below... First, I found a new restaurant--the Old Christmas Station located in downtown Frankenmuth, Michigan. I walked in the main door on the side of the building and found myself magically stepping into Europe. Music from France, Germany, and Italy, played with interludes from a German radio announcer. My German is a bit rusty, so I'm not exactly sure what was said, and I didn't care.  This cozy restaurant transported me to one of many restaurants I'd visited in France, Switzerland, and Germany.  A waiter came to our table. He was dressed in a white shirt, black pants as many waiters do in Europe. He didn't carry paper and pencil but slighly leaned forward as if fully engaged in the dining experience. We listened to his question and while we considered what we would order to drink, he stood with ...