The coffee is hot; the morning is quiet, a perfect time for a cozy chat with friends. Although I’m in NW Arkansas and you are in various places around the country and around the world, we have a lot in common. In the first place, we like books and reading. In the second place, we may […]
Feb 26, 2016
The Smoke from the Chimney
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The only movement outside my window this morning is a fat, furry squirrel in the crepe myrtle bush. He jumps from limb to limb, stops and eats something, then hurries away. Something on that bush is tasty to the squirrel. This is the kind of still, cold morning when smoke from the chimney rises straight […]
Feb 25, 2016
A Cozy Critter’s Confession
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“I have a confession to make,” Peg said. Ears perked up; chatter ceased. “I have ‘t read a cozy since our last meeting,” Peg confided. As it turned out, she discovered a captivating genre, on an audio book on CD in our city library. What arrested Peg’s attention? Saturn Run by John Sanford. It is far from […]
Feb 24, 2016
Cozy Critter Time Again!
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Today, we cozy critters will gather to discuss all things literary and several things that are not. I can hardly wait to hear what they have been reading and writing. We will miss Cozy Critter Judy. But, when Texas calls, Judy must answer. As I started to go to bed last night, I glanced out […]
Feb 23, 2016
The Full Moon and Gregg Shorthand
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There it was, sailing high above the maple in the back yard, white and full and serene. The Snow Moon, or Hunger Moon, shone down in all its brilliance. I, of course, thought of how mysterious it looked. Our scientists have pretty much proved it isn’t made of green cheese. It’s rocky and dusty and […]
Feb 22, 2016
A Tangle of Tree Limbs and Cozies
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Sunday afternoon, February 21. I gaze at the tangle of bare, winter time branches crisscrossing each other above my driveway. Maple tree and white mulberry limbs snarl together like two balls of yarn after a kitten’s playful antics. I hope the trees do not put out leaves too soon because I’m afraid this pseudo spring weather won’t last. […]
