Moonlight Can Be Murder. is a book of contrasts: friendship and distrust, love and hate, danger and safety, light and darkness. Ned and her friends Pat and Jackie decorate Granger’s Mansion for Christmas with red ribbons and candles, flames leap up Ned’s fireplace casting flickering shadows on the wall, Jackie plans a Christmas party, and […]
Jul 26, 2019
The Battle and the Victory
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The worse the news and the state of world affairs, the more important become the people who are near and dear, and the ability to look at the wondrous, hopeful, absolutely delightful things of this life. Just a look around, with eyes open to possibilities, will boost your spirits. Sometimes, it seems there’s a […]
Dec 3, 2018
I Love You, Rudolph; Please Don’t Go
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After not watching Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for a good many years, I watched him again last week. Amazing thing was, I enjoyed that animated show as much as I did the first time I saw it with my son, many years ago. It has a wonderful message. In fact, it has several wonderful messages– […]
Feb 20, 2018
When the Day Is Long and Everything Seems Wrong
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It had been a hard day, for some reason. No earthquakes or tornadoes or devastating news, but it seemed as if a spirit of evil or a spiteful sprite had been present. A prickling word here, a worrisome conversation there, an unsettled, fearful feeling of something just out of sight, something left un-done, something that […]
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 […]
Jul 15, 2016
The Good and the Bad
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Thunder rumbles through the heavens. Rain splashes on the deck. The morning is darker than twilight but that’s good. I’m just grateful to have plentiful rain this summer. Amazing that we have rain and this is the middle of July. Reminds me of that rainy July Darcy and Flora experienced. This morning, I opened the […]
