Before I continue with my saga of the deep, dark, dusty recesses of the corners of my garage, let me tell you that I just saw an armadillo. He was hurrying, if armadillos can hurry, across my neighbor’s driveway to disappear around the corner. Aha! A night forager, a nocturnal snoop. And now, believe it […]
Oct 1, 2017
Those Memorable Old Commercials Fade Into the Sunset
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This morning’s blog is a re-run of one a did earlier about those memorable old commercials. Remember the phrase, “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it”? I wonder that about a lot of things and more often now than I used to. One thing that puzzles me is why manufacturers or agencies change an advertisement that is working […]
Sep 30, 2017
A Furtive Glance at the What If Syndrome
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Mystery writers are afflicted by it. Suspicious minds feed upon it. Looking back, we wonder about it. But, it enhances life, doesn’t it? The “what if” syndrome–what if you had made a different decision, been a little wiser, taken a chance more often, been more thoughtful, prepared for the future better, been a little kinder […]
Sep 29, 2017
Taking a Peek into a Journal
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Today, we are taking a peek at a page in the journal of Ned McNeil. You can read about her and her friends and her lovely but mysterious old house in Moonlight Can Be Murder and By the Fright of the Silvery Moon. September 29 — It is hard to believe that September is almost […]
Sep 27, 2017
And Then There’s That Cotton-Pickin’ Internet
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Isn’t it funny how we depend so much on the internet? Believe it or not, when I was growing up, I had never heard of the internet or home computers or email and I did just fine. But now? Well, now, I’ve gotten used to it. So, tonight, Wednesday, September 27, my internet connection is […]
Sep 26, 2017
The Cozy Mystery That Almost Wasn’t
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By the Fright of the Silvery Moon is a cozy mystery that almost didn’t happen. So, I guess the writing was a mystery in itself. It all started last year. I wanted to write a second Ned McNeil Moonlight mystery, following Moonlight Can Be Murder. I had the title already. It sounded suitably chilling. That’s […]
