Chilly Morning, Hot Coffee and Into the Day

Chilly Morning, Hot Coffee and Into the Day

The morning is chilly, almost cold. Is it really June? Sunlight tips the treetops and the day opens before me. What will I do with the gift of another perfect day? Thoughts of yet a third Ned McNeil cozy mystery keep running through my head. What can I do with these imaginary plots and characters except […]

Is There a Light in the Lighthouse?

Is There a Light in the Lighthouse?

Lighthouses have always fascinated me. I’ve never viewed one up close but some day, I’d like to. It would be interesting to purposely set out to tour American lighthouses, especially those on the east coast. You won’t find lighthouses in calm waters or tucked securely away from the danger of storms. Lighthouses stand in precarious, […]

That Frightful Old Silvery Moon Up in the Sky

That Frightful Old Silvery Moon Up in the Sky

What is so scary about an old, silvery moon? Is it the eerie shadows it casts? Is it spooky because it’s so far away and yet regulates tides with its force? Is it true that frightening things happen when the moon is a great, silver, ghostly orb? That’s the question Ned McNeil asks as she […]

Wander Through My Wet World with Me

Wander Through My Wet World with Me

Yesterday, after church and lunch, my family and I were sitting in the living room when the clouds opened and rain poured. It bounced off the deck, drummed against the roof of Nemo’s house, and gave the already damp flowers yet another drink. (Nemo,of course, lives in my house, but his house is there in […]

Seeing With the Eyes of Faith

Seeing With the Eyes of Faith

The Faith of Bartimaeus It was just another day in the life of Bartimaeus. He sat beside the road in the dust, the sun beating down on his head, hoping that a few kind-hearted people who passed by would give him enough money to buy food. That’s the way many blind people made a living in […]

Two Beautiful Bargain Books

Two Beautiful Bargain Books

Good things come in twos, don’t they? Today, two of the Darcy and Flora cozy mysteries are listed at the special price of only ninety-nine cents for each mystery as ebooks on Amazon. The Cemetery Club usually is as this low price, to introduce you readers to the series but for the next few days […]