The people at the Carver Estate are a little–how shall I say it–odd? Or, are they strange-acting because they are moonstruck? Pat, Ned McNeil’s friend, thinks they are both moonstruck and murderous. Is the blue moon during this month of March affecting everyone, including Ned? The month is March–a strange month–a rainy, windy, untrustworthy […]
Nov 3, 2018
What Makes a House a Home?
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Real estate people who advertise homes for sale are mistaken. Houses can be bought and sold, but homes cannot. A home is made up of people. Perhaps a home is only a bed and a few square feet of floor space but to someone, it is food, shelter, safety; it is a home. Houses […]
Aug 4, 2018
Moonstruck and Murderous
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Moonstruck and Murderous, the third Ned McNeil cozy, is in its finishing up stage. I thought you might like to read an excerpt. Ned needs a quiet place to think about the mysteries swirling around her and what could possibly be behind them. She goes to her old home place just to feel the […]
May 17, 2018
Abandoned
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As I drive along the highways, sometimes I pass a house that was abandoned long ago. It would look pretty good if somebody took a hand and my fingers itch to buy it, re-furbish it, make it stand proud and solid once again. Just daydreaming, you know, because for a few seconds I see it outside my […]
Apr 5, 2018
All Bases Covered
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At yesterday’s cozy critique, all bases were covered as far as the table went. The napkins were from last fall, the paper plates from Christmas, and the cake and jelly beans were from Easter. (I had frozen the cake.) And, as far as Cozy Critters went, all bases were covered there too. We had a […]
