New Year, New Guest Blog

New Year, New Guest Blog

Happy 2017, everyone!  Exciting news! Sound the trumpets! Stop the presses! What? Am I overjoyed at the start of a brand-new year? Well, yes, but there’s more!   This morning, I am happy to be the guest blogger at http://evelyncullet.com/blog/. Being Evelyn Cullet’s first guest of the New Year is quite an honor! Check out her attractive website. Evelyn is another cozy mystery […]

Ventris County Viewpoint

Ventris County Viewpoint

I just happened to come across part of a newspaper from Ventris County, the Ventris County Viewpoint, and thought you might like to see what’s going on in Levi, Oklahoma, in between books. The Ventris County Viewpoint  News about Town Jasper Harris is out of pocket again, gone for one of his strolls through the […]

What Is the Name of the Flame?

What Is the Name of the Flame?

Almost all of us have something inside of us that keeps us going, some flame, some hope or desire or cherished dream. It’s the reason we look forward to another day, we walk with a spring in our step (or a hitch in our hobble) and have a gleam in our eye. I guess it […]

Of Squirrels and Chocolate Fudge

Of Squirrels and Chocolate Fudge

Glancing out of my window at a movement across the street, I saw a squirrel galloping…not scurrying nor scampering, but in a full-fledged gallop toward the maple tree in my neighbor’s yard. His frantic pace was not the only thing different about the squirrel–the tip of his tail was white. Never, in all my years, […]

Arctic Cold, Old Man Winter’s Breath

Arctic Cold, Old Man Winter’s Breath

I feel as if I may be in the Arctic this morning! It’s six degrees. There’s only a skift of snow,  but under it is ice. Streets, highways, sidewalks are all slick and dangerous. It’s a good morning to stay inside. And read. And write. And read some more. Presently, about the only reading I’m […]

Fiddlin’ With the Facts

Fiddlin’ With the Facts

Remember the old, black and white TV series, Dragnet and the phrase, “Just the facts, Ma’am.”  This unflappable team of Jack Webb and Harry Morgan spent a whole thirty minutes ferreting out the bad guys and getting to the facts of the case. But, fiction writers can have fun fiddlin’ with the facts. In writing By […]