Today’s blog is a list of quotes that we’ve probably heard–or, maybe not. Anyway, I thought it would be fun to list them and see how you do. These are the possibilities: I Corinthians 13:13, William Shakespeare, Scarlett O’Hara, John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sir Winston Churchill, Robert Browning, Victor Hugo, Mark Twain, […]
Jun 23, 2018
The Dying Wish of a Murdered Man
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Oklahoma and Arkansas have interesting, sometimes violent or tragic histories. As my niece, two brothers, sister-in-law and I explored parts of the two states, we found fascinating clues to the past. I don’t know how some folk find history dull or dusty and not relevant. It is part of where we are today and how […]
May 21, 2018
Decoration Day at Caney
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Each third Sunday in May, people gather at a country cemetery in Cherokee County called Caney. I think of it as our family cemetery because many of my family and relatives are buried there. Of course, many others who are unrelated lie there too. Six generations of my family are there, from Clint who was […]
Mar 23, 2018
Discovery and Inspiration
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Sometimes inspiration comes in a surprising way–when I least expect it. Now, the New Testament is inspiring in itself but some time ago, I made a discovery that I hadn’t been expecting and I was inspired to include that discovery in a mystery. Some of us stick small items of importance in our Bibles–a picture, […]
Mar 14, 2018
The Enchanting, Unforgettable Emerald Isle
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Sure, and it was four years ago that I traveled to the enchanting Emerald Isle, but it was an unforgettable, marvelous place–truly grand. And, since I loved it then and love it now, I’ll reprint what I said about it, shortly after arriving back home from that wonderful place called Ireland. Green fields of every […]
Feb 8, 2018
Shades of Deep Purple and Lighter Tones Too
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When Peg came into my living room singing, Deep Purple, I knew that it would be a particularly rollicking critique, and it was! Fun and informative–that’s the Cozy Critters. Since this was our last critique before Valentine’s Day, we had a Valentine motif. The sweet theme included Valentine cookies, pecan tartlets, and bits of chocolate […]
