What do you get when you cross a cloudy, damp, chilly day with three lively ladies, coffee, and snickerdoodles? Well, you get a cozy critique, of course. The rain had stopped by time for the critique but I doubt rain, sleet, or snow would have stopped Peg and Jane from trudging through the November day. […]
Nov 25, 2017
‘Twas the Month Before Christmas…
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You do know what happens in exactly one month from today?Yes, that biggest, brightest, most anticipated day of the year arrives and, as of yesterday, my house is beginning to look like it. The day started nicely with my neighbors across the street popping in for a visit. Sara and Nathan were out of school […]
Nov 23, 2017
The Mystery of an Enduring Holiday
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I’m glad that important holidays are handed down from generation to generation. I’m so thankful for those traditions that bind us to the folk who have gone before. This is a re-print of a Thanksgiving Day post I wrote a few years ago. That special holiday in November is here. I have heard a rumor […]
Nov 22, 2017
Thoughtfully Thankful and Blessed
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What is there about milestones or days of celebration that make us pause and reflect? I could do that any other day of the year, but at Thanksgiving or Christmas, past Thanksgivings and Christmases come trooping in to pay a call. And that’s all right, unless those memories cause such sadness as to mar the […]
Nov 17, 2017
There’s a Lot of Murk Out There
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The morning is too warm for November. The sky is gray, leaves are brown; wind is blowing them all around. If I were giving a weather forecast, I’d say it is cloudy with a lot of murk. It is a murky day. So, what to do when such a day comes calling? Don’t succumb! Brighten […]
Nov 16, 2017
The Coffee Pot is On; The Welcome is Warm
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Come on inside this morning, out of the cold. The coffee pot is on; the welcome is warm. Let’s travel back in time to last year, December, in fact. Christmas is coming and I’ve written a Christmas cozy mystery. And, I was thinking, and thinking, and… I woke up this morning thinking, Lord, in something […]
