Since it is the 97 year anniversary of the Peggs tornado, and although I re-published it last year at this time, I do so again today. For a time, I wrote feature stories for The Tahlequah Daily Press. On May 5, 1985, The Press published an article I wrote about the tornado that destroyed Peggs, […]
May 1, 2017
The Rampaging River and Life
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The Illinois River is angry. It overflows its banks and barrels into farms, homes, and businesses. Its swift and churning current carries logs, trees, and animals that couldn’t get out of harm’s way. It’s a deadly enemy without compassion, without remorse, claiming as its own anything in its path. The river has flooded many times […]
Apr 30, 2017
Rains Came Down; Floods Came Up
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Do you remember the song about the man who built his house on a rock? The rains came down and the floods came up, but the house on the rock stood firm. The weather we’ve had for the last few days will test every foundation. Each time I was awake last night, rain was coming down. Not […]
Apr 29, 2017
Bodies in the Bogs and Ancient Secrets
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What do bodies in bogs have to do with rain in NW Arkansas or a sleepless writer of cozy mysteries? “Hail likely in eleven minutes,” declared AccuWeather. Thunder draws ever closer. Rain has commenced yet again and I can only hope if hail is an actuality, it isn’t large and damaging. The storm woke me some time […]
Apr 28, 2017
The Rumble of an Approaching Storm
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I hear the rumble of an approaching storm in the distance and the wind has picked up. The dog-walker has gone by, getting in her walk before the storm arrives. By the end of the weekend, the weatherman is saying we will have had twelve inches of rain this week. My hope is that people are […]
Apr 27, 2017
Dancing Through the Showers
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Have you every tried running through the raindrops and dancing through the showers? Figuratively speaking, that’s what we Cozy Critters did yesterday. Determined not to let the wet and stormy weather get us down, we sat with coffee cups at hand around the hundred year-old table and shared about books, writing, life’s challenges, and our views […]
