Don’t Mess With Second-Guessing Wisdom

Don’t Mess With Second-Guessing Wisdom

Wisdom is something we learn. We’ve all heard that hindsight is 20/20 vision. Right? So, why do we waste so much time looking back? Why is it so easy to be beset with the shoulda woulda coulda syndrome? If anything is a waste of time, it’s second-guessing, wishing we had made a different decision, a […]

What’s Inside Those Intriguing Covers?

What’s Inside Those Intriguing Covers?

The covers of the Darcy and Flora or Ned McNeil mysteries are designed to hint at what’s inside the books. They are also like a friendly, open door, inviting you to come on in and have a look around. ♥ The Cemetery Club–The first Darcy and Flora cozy opens with Darcy Campbell and her mother […]

Scary Things With No Explanation

Scary Things With No Explanation

Sometimes scary things happen, things for which there’s no explanation. We’ve all heard stories sitting around the campfire or when we were snug and safe in our own living rooms. They gave us a case of the mild shivers…nothing really terrifying, just kind of spooky and cozy at the same time. My son and I […]

Owl Have a Cup of Ritual, Please

Owl Have a Cup of Ritual, Please

This morning I am beginning the day with my ritual of drinking coffee but one thing is different–an owl mug, a gift from Dayla’s girls. That owl holds a lot of coffee and I rather think he is pleased to be useful. Rituals! Isn’t it funny the way we establish them without even meaning to? […]

That Frightful Old Silvery Moon Up in the Sky

That Frightful Old Silvery Moon Up in the Sky

What is so scary about an old, silvery moon? Is it the eerie shadows it casts? Is it spooky because it’s so far away and yet regulates tides with its force? Is it true that frightening things happen when the moon is a great, silver, ghostly orb? That’s the question Ned McNeil asks as she […]

Two Beautiful Bargain Books

Two Beautiful Bargain Books

Good things come in twos, don’t they? Today, two of the Darcy and Flora cozy mysteries are listed at the special price of only ninety-nine cents for each mystery as ebooks on Amazon. The Cemetery Club usually is as this low price, to introduce you readers to the series but for the next few days […]