Sometimes something comes along to really lift the spirits and cause the sunshine to be just a tad brighter. That’s what happened yesterday when Deb Forbes posted her review of By the Fright of the Silvery Moon on her blogpost, Mystery Reading Nook. The first thing I noticed when I clicked on http://mysteryreadingnook.blogspot.com was the book Deb […]
Nov 9, 2013
Imagination
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The Old Tire Horse The old tire swing that resembles a horse Hangs under the back maple tree. The children no longer climb onto his back And he looks a bit lonely to me. At one time my girl rode into the wind On make-believe trips through the town. She needed a boost to get […]
Oct 21, 2013
A Scattering of Footprints
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Looking back at what I’ve written through the years, I find a strange paper trail of four main interests: fiction, poetry, songs, articles. Many examples show up within each category and yes, indeed, it is a paper trail because I began writing long before my desk ever boasted of holding a computer. Interesting letters of […]
Oct 18, 2013
Bright Moon, White Moon
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The full moon shines a white path down my street this morning. What is there about moonlight that makes a familiar world appear mysterious? The lunar night-light is certainly the subject of many songs, poems, and stories, and inspired the title of my current mystery, the one I’m working on, called Moonlight Can Be Murder. Each […]
Oct 1, 2013
Fantastic Foggy Fracas
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O suns and skies and flowers of June, Count all your boasts together, Love loveth best of all the year October’s bright blue weather. –Helen Hunt Jackson Right on time, October steps onto the world scene, bringing with her blue skies, colorful leaves, and crisp autumn mornings. Oh, […]
Sep 9, 2013
A Writer’s Inspiration
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A few days ago, one of the questions on a writers’ Facebook page was, What do you do to get unstuck from a writer’s block? My answer was I simply wrote. Darcy and Flora took over, I recorded their conversation and activities and voila! I was unstuck. There’s something else that gets me in the […]
