The weather can be stormy and barmy and last night, it was pretty alarmy. I don’t think alarmy is a word, but last night, it was alarming, for sure. Nemo and I enjoyed sitting on the deck, reading, yesterday afternoon. (I was reading, Nemo was investigating the yard.) Then, inside for supper. Not a cloud in […]
May 15, 2022
Stormy and Barmy
Filed Under: Musings · Tagged: cozies, Manos, mysterious, mystery, old saying, untrustworthy, weather, woman protagonists, women writers
Jun 12, 2017
Come In For More Than a Coal of Fire
“What did you come for, a coal of fire?” my dad used to ask if I breezed in and out of my parents’ home for just a short visit. What he meant was, he wished I’d sit down and talk for a bit. Once, long ago, people would borrow coals of fire to get their […]
Filed Under: Musings · Tagged: coal, conversation, gift, old saying, visit, warmth