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 14, 2022
The Call of the Whippoorwill
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In my last blog, I wrote about how times have changed since I was a girl. I miss a lot of those times. One thing I didn’t write about, and which I sincerely miss, is hearing the call of the whippoorwill. The whippoorwill is a night bird, a fascinating bird, and second only to the […]
May 12, 2022
The Last Generation
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We may be the last generation to have lived through several things that today’s kids will never know, except, of course, by reading or seeing films of the old days or hearing their grandparents talk. Cell phones–when I was a teenager, these were still in the future. We didn’t carry phones with us. We had […]
May 11, 2022
Gravely Speaking
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Cozy Sleuths Darcy and her mom, Flora is her name, never wanted fortune and never asked for fame, But, somehow, mysteries find them, in one way or another, and danger is the neighborhood of Darcy and her mother. A lovely, sunny Sunday in the magic month of May, finds them getting ready for their Decoration […]
May 10, 2022
The Fraidy Cat Frog
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Don’t stumble over that ugly old rock of criticism and pessimism. Don’t ignore it and try to go around it. Climb on top of it and make it not a stumbling block, but a stepping stone. Glean anything valuable from it and disregard the rest. Don’t you dare let it dampen your day in any […]
