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Joyce McDonald

Joyce McDonald, B.A. in Russian and M.A. in Educational Psychology, is a former high school teacher and counselor. She has since served the technology sector as a programmer, technical trainer, network administrator and documentation specialist. She attends Tai Chi and Kung Fu classes every weekday, loves gardening, and has a serious eBay habit. Joyce’s literary preferences include science fiction, adventure in Antarctica, Christmas stories and Cozies like Lilian Jackson Braun's "Cat Who..." Series.

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"Ice Bound" by Jerri Nielsen

Ice Bound is available at Amazon.com. What Sara Wheeler did for traveling in Antarctica, Jerri Nielsen’s bestseller does for living in Antarctica. Dr. Nielsen made international news when she discovered that she had breast cancer during a long Antarctic winter at the South Pole. The base is customarily shut down during the nine months of … Continue reading .

"Terra Incognita" by Sara Wheeler

People who are space nuts may not realize that we know more about Mars than we know about some places on our own planet. Antarctica is one of these places. International treaties have dictated that Antarctica, the only place on earth with no native human population, be used for scientific endeavors, and that those endeavors … Continue reading .

"The Birds' Christmas Carol" by Kate Douglas Wiggin

An endearing quality about Wiggins’ writing is the wonderful detail with which she describes even the most minor of events. She is also very clever at describing the social milieu of the day, so clever that one would come to believe that she might be commenting on social realities such as class divisions. Continue reading .

"The Romance of a Christmas Card" by Kate Douglas Wiggin

Although Kate Douglas Wiggin is famous for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, she can deal with some remarkably dark subjects for an obvious optimist. The Romance of a Christmas Card is in the end a story of strange coincidences that ultimately lead to redemption. Continue reading .


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