Planting Those Shadowy Clues

Planting Those Shadowy Clues

Sometimes we encounter a mystery that seemingly has no solution, but wait! If you sharpen those bloodhound skills, could you find some clues that would lead you to the inevitable outcome? In cozy mysteries, a great deal of the fun and intrigue is in the foreshadowing or planting of subtle, shadowy clues and hints that […]

If You or I Were a Mouse in the House

If You or I Were a Mouse in the House

If I had been a mouseĀ  yesterday, scurrying around my house, I might have heard the chatter of four women who got together over coffee and black-bottom cupcakes around the hundred-year old table in my dining room. If I had been a cat, I would have headed for the cushion in front of the fireplace […]

Cozy Critters or Busy Bees?

Cozy Critters or Busy Bees?

The lively ladies who meet twice a month in my home are called The Cozy Critters–Jane’s name for us. But sometimes I think we should be called The Busy Bees because we are always buzzing here or there, doing this or that, and yet finding time to read, paint, and write. In other words, we […]