Yesterday, January 17, was National Sanctity of Human Life Day, a commemoration of the importance of life. President Reagan first set aside this day in 1984 in remembrance of unborn children who are killed by abortion. Presidents H. W. Bush and George Bush continued this observance. To me, it’s sad that there is a need for […]
Jan 17, 2016
Cozy Critter Characters
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At one of our critiques, I mentioned to my friends gathered around the table that I should start a third mystery series starring them, the Cozy Critters! Everybody liked that idea and started choosing names for themselves and cautioning me not to kill them off in my book. “Well, why not?” Helen said. “You have […]
Jan 15, 2016
A Flurry of Fur and Feathers
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Outside my window, the maple stretches dark, mostly bare branches to the sky. Arching over my driveway, the slimmer, barer arms of the white mulberry entwine with the maple. At the edge of my container garden, the crepe myrtle’s limbs, twisted and bare of bark, rise past the eaves. These trees and shrub are a playground for squirrels […]
Jan 14, 2016
Mysterious Mystique of Critiquing Critters
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Yesterday was a red-letter day in the life of our Cozy Critters. All six of us were together around the hundred year old table at the same time! It was great! Before Christmas Jane and her son Mark took a trip to New York City. The town was decked out in its holiday best. Jane […]
Jan 13, 2016
“Intense, Emotional Mystery”
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“This is an intense and at times emotional mystery. I could not put it down,” Deb Forbes wrote in her exciting review of Moonlight Can Be Murder. For the rest of this review and to visit Deb’s attractive and informative blog, click on her link: http://mysteryreadingnook.blogspot.com/2016/01/moonlight-can-be-murder-edge-of-your.html. This is an example of one of my favorite parts of Deb’s […]
Jan 12, 2016
Tuesday Tidbits and Teasers
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Coffee, warm house, family near-by; I have no complaints and would sound surly if I did. Thank You, God. Just wondering why, when the English language contains a plethora of beautiful, gracious uplifting words from which to choose, sometimes we use the grungiest, foulest, most hateful ones in speaking or writing. I remember the days […]
