Was it because Christmas is just around the corner or was a spirit of hilarity in the air? Whatever it was, merriment prevailed around the hundred-year old table at yesterday’s critique. Jane brought a rum cake and, let me tell you, it was so delicious that we all asked for the recipe. With the temperatures hovering […]
Dec 13, 2016
Light and Dark, Good and Evil, and Mysteries
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I woke up this morning thinking, Lord, in something as important as Life with its potential for making lots of mistakes, I need a do-over. Does anybody else ever feel that way? It is dark this morning. My quiet neighbor goes to his car, lunch box in hand, ready to head off into the day. […]
Dec 12, 2016
Thoughts About the First Christmas
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My family and I like to light the Advent candles on the Sundays before Christmas. Yesterday, after lighting the candles, we talked about the stable where the Lord was born. I have a small crèche which looks like a tiny house with Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, and a few animals. In reality, the stable probably was […]
Nov 27, 2016
No Room for Regrets or Recriminations
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The leaves are falling from the trees, in a hurry to leave their spring and summer home and take up residence on the ground. At this time of year, it is easy to let melancholy thoughts creep in. Warm weather with its flowers and activities is past, over and done with! So, like the puppies in […]
Nov 26, 2016
A Special Touch of Magic in the Air
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A special touch of magic is in the air…something fleeting, warm, and lovely. It must be the whisper of a coming special day–Christmas! Thanks to all of you who made Black Friday for Moonlight Can Be Murder a cozy success! For one day only, it was 99 cents on Amazon and now it is scheduled to […]
Nov 25, 2016
Moonlight is a Black Friday Special
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How much of me is written into my cozy mysteries? Specifically, in Moonlight Can Be Murder, how many of Ned’s thoughts are my thoughts? Would I react to chilling situations with her courage? Probably not. But then, I doubt that anybody is going to will me a Victorian house or a bank account or a lock box with […]
