When friends get together with coffee and cookies, it’s a fun time. Throw in a rousing critique, mix with a lot of laughter, and you have a recipe for a very good day. We Cozy Critters have met when snow lay on the ground, when we had to dodge raindrops, when the wind was so strong it blew over Peg’s […]
Oct 12, 2015
Ducks and Eggs and Minnesota
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I asked my niece Michelle Albrecht to write about her and little brother Steven’s adventures on a Minnesota lake when they were children. Her method of gathering duck eggs was unique and while not many of us were privileged to view and retrieve eggs several feet down in the cold, cold, clear water, it was undoubtedly […]
Oct 9, 2015
Mysterious Cozy Cats
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“What do you think, Penny?” I asked. She sprang to her feet and arched her back, her fur standing up like an animated bristle cone. She stared at the window then whirled and dashed upstairs. “Well, my goodness, it was just a question,” I called after her. She was clearly frightened. Could […]
Oct 7, 2015
An Open and Shut Case
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To the authors who read my blog: As you write your new book, do you find that you have some chapters you prefer to other chapters? To the readers who read my blog: As you read a cozy mystery, are there chapters that stand out to you? And then, of course, there are favorite parts within each chapter. […]
Sep 29, 2015
And What About You?
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As you know, curiosity is the fuel that lights a writer’s fire. I write often about what I do, write, like or dislike but I wonder about you. Visitors to my website are from many different states and also a few other countries. I welcome each of you, glad for your visit and hope you […]
Sep 23, 2015
Welcome, Autumn!
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Happy first day of autumn to you. Fall is a special season, a time of reflection and a time of anticipation. Yesterday saw quite a bit of activity at my small bird bath in the container garden. First, a beautiful yellow bird, it may have been a goldfinch, stopped in the crepe myrtle. He eyed the fountain, […]
