2015: Two Pilgrim Programs Air Thanksgiving Week
A deeper look into the real Pilgrim story. We are delighted that two new features attempt to portray the real human experience of the Mayflower Pilgrims rather than the simple iconic view, just as Fay's historical novel One Candle's Light set out to do: tell the...
What “Freedom from Want” Hath Wrought!*
The Pilgrims’ story reminds us of the tremendous obstacles they overcame to leave the relative comfort of Leyden, Holland and settle a congenial community in the wilderness of the New World. Today we Americans live in the freedom that the colonists hoped to find in...
Thanksgiving 2013: the Mayflower Compact & Self-government
As we approach another Thanksgiving holiday we can celebrate once again the harvest festival as did those English colonists known today as Pilgrims. They gave thanks to God for their colony’s survival even though they lost half their community during the harsh winter...
Photos of the Winslow Colony Presentation – November 9th, 2013
Winslow Colony Welcomes Fay to Tallahassee
On November 9th, I had the honor of presenting my story about writing One Candle’s Light to the Edward Winslow Colony (of the Florida Society of Mayflower Descendants) in Tallahassee. It was a very pleasant experience because the group expressed keen interest in my...