When Three Friends Put Their Heads Together

“It’s too warm for early spring,” Bertha said as she, Carrie and Miss Tootsie sat at their favorite table in Bonnie’s Bakery. Carrie sipped her coffee. “It may be too warm, but I’ll take this kind of weather to the damp, chilly days we’ve been having.” “How about a refill, ladies?” Bonnie asked, stopping by […]

In a Nutshell

Have you ever asked someone the time and she tells you how to build a clock? Sometimes a simple answer is better than a long one. This morning, I’ve listed my eight cozy mysteries and described each one with only three words. Do you agree? How would you describe each of them, using only three […]

Secrets

Secrets

What Does It Know?

What Does It Know?

What does my white mulberry tree know that no other tree knows? What is the secret that the wind whispers to it during the night? Only the tree knows; I don’t. But every year, and not at the same time each year, it drops all or almost all of its leaves on the ground. Oh, […]

Secrets!

Secrets!

Secrets

Secrets

The cornfield in the moonlight where the shadows dance and sway Is not the same at midnight as it is throughout the day. The field is hushed at midnight; the world has gone to sleep; But the cornstalks nod and rustle at the mysteries they keep. Who moves throughout the cornfield? Who creeps and scuttles […]