A Shadow in the Night

A Shadow in the Night

The weather is wet, cold, and forecast to get snowy and colder. It is, of course, perfect weather to go to Levi, Oklahoma and see what Darcy and Flora are doing in their current mystery, Grave Heritage. As usual, Darcy is setting out to find a bad guy but this time, she goes alone, in the dead of […]

Is the Sky Really Falling?

Is the Sky Really Falling?

My deck is wet this morning. In the glow of the porch light, I’d say it is rain, but who knows? The Farmer’s Almanac listed some things that fall from the sky and I was amazed! Sleet, hail, rain, snow, graupel. Wait! Graupel? I’m not sure why the Almanac didn’t list oobleck because as we […]

How Many Wise Men?

How Many Wise Men?

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem — (Matthew 2:1). Today is the day Christians celebrate the Epiphany, when wise men from the east bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, came to find and worship […]

Many Things About Tomorrow

Many Things About Tomorrow

Many things about tomorrow I don’t seem to understand; but I know Who holds tomorrow, and I know Who holds my hand. — Christian song. I don’t know who wrote those lyrics nor the melody but it certainly fits today, doesn’t it? The Old Year is nearly a thing of the past. The New Year is […]

Looking Back with a Shout

Looking Back with a Shout

Each year, the provider for my website, Jetpack, sends a run-down of what went on in this blog during the past year. It is interesting and thought-provoking. Can you believe Jetpack logged 12,000 visits to my site? For example, the busiest day was July 1 with 461 visits.  And, of the seven days of the week, […]

My Bag of Tricks

My Bag of Tricks

I want to thank my subscriber who asked what was in my writer’s bag of tricks. I wasn’t sure, myself, what was in there, so I took a look. Mostly what I found was a very active, often obstreperous imagination, but also, in that bag was the small phrase, “What if?” A current event, a past […]