Donna Hechler Porter

The third in a three part series of interviews I conducted with the animals in my book. “Mistress?” Fingal asked. “You want me to go get...

A continuing series in which I had the crazy idea of interviewing the animals in my novels. I certainly bit off more than I could chew!...

Disclaimer: There are minor spoilers in the following tale, so if you have not read my first book, Keeping Secrets, beware! Since May is...

Below is a short piece I wrote for our local homeschool group's newsletter a looonnngg time ago. I found it recently when cleaning out my...

So - This article appeared in my newsletter dated 3 May 2021. So many people enjoyed Tripod's story, however, that I thought I would...

When one hears the words animal control, all kinds of evil images rush to our minds. They kill our fur babies. They take our pets away...

So, I am on a FB page with frontier re-enactors / enthusiasts. Recently, someone posted about the old 60s television show Daniel Boone....

Amidst fluffy white bunnies and decorated eggs, it's easy to focus on the happy stuff of Easter, and it's equally easy to just think...

My current work-in-progress, The Brooch, hearkens back to my first trilogy about the Cayles and Mackechnies in that the story is centered...

So, how long does it take Donna to read a book? Well, generally, and blessedly, I am nearly a speed reader. As a matter of fact, I...