Do you realize there are only 100 more days ’til Christmas? When you think of Christmas, do you think of a snowy landscape, a crackling fireplace, hot coffee, friends gathered around? Can’t you just see an old Victorian house, porch railing draped in evergreen boughs and large, red bows? Can you see a friendly, gray […]
Aug 27, 2016
Home for Christmas
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Nettie wanted nothing more than to spend Christmas with her uncle, Javin Granger, her last living relative. It had been forty years since she and her family left her hometown of Ednalee, Oklahoma; now, she was back, hiding from an experience in Atlanta and needing the peace and quiet of the old Victorian house her […]
Jan 5, 2015
A Mystery Writer’s 12 Days
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This is Twelfth Night, the Epiphany, the impetus for the song, The Twelve Days of Christmas. With my family’s help, I added words that might be appropriate for a writer of cozy mysteries. Thanks, Matt, Dawn, Sara, Nathan! A Cozy Mystery Writer’s Sizzling Twelve Days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas, Santa brought to […]
Dec 25, 2014
A Night of Peace
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“For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11). “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men‘” (Luke 2: 13-14). […]
Dec 24, 2014
‘Twas Christmas Eve
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I woke up this morning and sprang from my bed, with thoughts of a busy day rife in my head. Now on with the coffee pot, on with my blog; fill the bird feeders and also the dog. Quick, to the kitchen I go in a hurry; from counter to stove top I scoot and […]
