The Cemetery Club is only 99 cents on Amazon! When you listen to the news, do you ever ask, “Why?” That’s a favorite word for young children whose curiosity leads them to learn. Sometimes, as adults, our curiosity is dulled and we tend to accept events or happenings without asking that all-important question. It shouldn’t be that […]
Mar 15, 2016
“Beware the Ides of March”
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To Julius Ceasar, the Ides of March was not such a wonderful day. To the rest of us, it is only the day that falls in the middle of the month, a short distance from the official start of spring. Here in NW Arkansas, the Ides of March is beautiful, clear-skied and sunny. Trees are putting out new leaves. […]
Mar 14, 2016
A Descent into the Depths
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A surprise: Although I don’t know how long the special price for this ebook will last, The Cemetery Club is on sale at Amazon for 99 cents. Here is an excerpt from that first Darcy and Flora cozy mystery: Flopping onto my stomach, I squeezed, head first, down the first two stone steps. I heard my […]
Mar 13, 2016
Dog, the Height Hunter
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I could hardly believe my eyes. There, across the street from my son and daughter-in-law, a dog stood on the ridge pole of a house. “How did he get up there?” I asked. As it turns out, there’s a wood pile or something against the back of the house. The dog climbs that and scrambles […]
Mar 12, 2016
Soggy Saturday Morning
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A jogger trots up the hill in front of my house, dressed colorfully in red shorts and gray and black jacket, head band in place across his forehead. Two squirrels are doing acrobatics, leaping from the white oak tree to the maple, flushing a downy woodpecker from among the maple’s limbs. Across the street, more […]
Mar 11, 2016
Righting a Wrong
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That’s what cozy mysteries are about…righting a wrong. And cozy mystery writers? Well, we write about it. And, the best part is, we not only write the wrong; we write the right. We make sure the perpetrator of mayhem is brought to justice and everything comes round right in the end. As a visitor to […]
