Yesterday in Sunday School, someone brought me a picture. Just a simple gesture, a print he had run off his computer, but it was a picture of several of us who went to Ireland a couple of years go, including his wife and me. There we were, wearing coats against a stone wall of the […]
May 22, 2016
Last Rays of the Setting Sun
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Last night, Nemo and I sat on the deck and watched the day end. The last rays of the setting sun tipped the tree tops with gold. Robins noisily settled in for the night. A tree frog began his creaky song. Nemo patrolled the yard to be sure all the lions and tigers were scared […]
May 21, 2016
Another Time, Another Place
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I saw one of my old college professors the other day, even though he has been dead a good number of years. Now, before you think I’ve gone completely round the bend, let me explain. Actually, I didn’t see him but I saw someone who really reminded me of the long ago prof. He didn’t […]
May 20, 2016
A Question of Murder
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As you know, I’ve written four cozy mysteries, some with co-author Barbara Burgess, some, alone. Below are things that happened in the four cozies, The Cemetery Club, Grave Shift, Best Left Buried, Moonlight Can Be Murder. See if you can match the scenes below to the appropriate book. Her uncle lay in the laundry room […]
May 19, 2016
Once Upon a Time
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Do we still read or tell folk tales to our youngsters? They are important, you know. They are entertaining and they teach a lesson. I read them to my son and grandchildren. These were lap stories, a good time for the warmth of one to one togetherness. I read them to my kindergarteners too but […]
May 18, 2016
A Mighty Mysterious Moon
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This weekend we are supposed to have another of those blue moons. Now, a blue moon isn’t really blue; it’s what the second full moon in a month is called. Of course, this brought to mind my first Ned McNeil adventure, Moonlight Can Be Murder. I’ve re-read one of the Amazon 5-star reviews: Blanche Day Manos […]
