A Cup, a Comment, and a Contest

A Cup, a Comment, and a Contest

Today, I am announcing a small contest which involves your comment and my cup. Read on. As I am finishing By the Fright of the Silvery Moon, I am more aware of something that I’ve suspected for quite some time: Manos Meadows Mysteries sometimes are not all that cozy. I mean, they certainly have their cozy […]

Monday Morning and a Mystery Solved

Monday Morning and a Mystery Solved

Yesterday morning and a small mystery: I was in the kitchen putting a quiche in the oven when I heard a loud, clanging bang. Was that the front storm door? Had I not fastened it well? As it turned out, it was the garage door. The cable that raises and lowers the door snapped and whacked […]

The Weakest, the Smallest, the Most Innocent

Today is what has been designated Sanctitiy of Life Sunday.  Since January 22, 1973, more than 57 million of the weakest, the smallest, the most innocent Americans have died legally in the United States of America. It is hard to write this without crying. Babies are miracles, made in the image of God. They should be […]

Staring into the Face of Evil

Staring into the Face of Evil

Black hair threaded with gray, dark-eyed and with scruffy beards, these two stared down at me for several seconds before one of them spoke. “Miz McNeil?” asked the older gentleman. “Yes. Do I know you?” The man laughed, a sound like dry leaves crackling underfoot. “No, I doubt that you do or would want to. […]

Mysteries and Inaugural Moments in History

Mysteries and Inaugural Moments in History

A moment in time for our country–a new President takes the reins. I love the pomp and circumstance, the traditions, following a procedure that reaches back in history to the beginnings of a new nation, a nation that has been the bastion of freedom for more than 200 years. I like listening to the inaugural addresses […]

A Cold, Dampish, Winter Day Warmed by Cozy Critters

A Cold, Dampish, Winter Day Warmed by Cozy Critters

Yesterday was cold and dampish, the sort of day that made you want to come in by the fireside and sit down for coffee and cookies with friends. So, that’s what we did. In this, the first meeting of the critique group since before Christmas,  all were present and accounted for. We had a lot of […]