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by Susan Trott

Exploring Real Stories, Real Lessons

These works draw from lived experience — journeys through creativity, craft, and the quiet details of daily life.
From the art of building and rebuilding to reflections on nature, resilience, and design, each book invites readers to pause and see the extraordinary within the ordinary.

Whether you’re tending a pond, tracing family stories, or searching for balance in a chaotic world, these pages offer practical insights woven with honesty and warmth.


How Not To Build A Pond

After nearly a 30-year odyssey of building a koi pond, I’ve learned this much: nature always has the final say.


Laugh along with me and my husband as we survive floods, failures, emergency fish rescues, rebuilds, and the hard lessons water insists on teaching — whether you’re ready or not.


This isn’t a how-to manual. It’s a lived story, told with affection, honesty, and more than a little humility.

My Koi Keeping Book, 2nd Edition

For years, I tracked pond notes on scraps of paper, half-filled notebooks, and whatever was closest during a crisis. I finally needed one place to keep everything — water readings, treatments, observations, and lessons learned.


This is that book.


A practical, well-organized keeper for your pond’s history, with charts, tips, and space to record what actually happens — not just what’s supposed to happen.

See more detail about these two books.

Peep & Squeak Password Books

Meet Peep & Squeak — two mischievous  kittens determined to nap on every keyboard.
Their password books are designed to make digital life simpler (and a little cuter).


Available in four formats:

  • Standard Edition — compact and easy to carry.
  • French Edition — bilingue / bilingual for Francophone users.
  • Large Print Edition — large, bold, clear type for comfortable reading.
  • Tabbed Large Print Edition — the same large type with A–Z tabs for quick reference.


Each book provides ample space for logins, security notes, and hints — because organization should be as charming as it is useful.