A couple of years ago, I posted this poem about the swing in my back yard. Even though I wrote it in November 2013 and this is January 2016, I’m re-posting here because the swing is still there. My grandchildren out-grew him long ago but I keep him. Maybe he reminds me of the real life […]
Jan 20, 2016
No Tingle in the Toes or Frost on the Ears
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When icy rain threatened, he flipped his furry tail over his head and crouched under a portable blanket. No tingling toes or frostbitten ears for this enterprising fellow. As he snuggled, warm and protected, on my deck railing, did he plot his next raid on a near-by bird feeder? Behind those alert and watchful eyes, did […]
Jan 19, 2016
Murderously Mysterious
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Isn’t it interesting that common, ordinary, everyday things can somehow be involved in mysteries? Isn’t it odd that a peaceful scene of trees, creek, and grassy hills are an alien landscape, unknown and frightening when they are covered in fog? How could a gold ring and a legend incite someone to murder? And, a letter […]
Jan 18, 2016
Commemoration
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Yesterday, January 17, was National Sanctity of Human Life Day, a commemoration of the importance of life. President Reagan first set aside this day in 1984 in remembrance of unborn children who are killed by abortion. Presidents H. W. Bush and George Bush continued this observance. To me, it’s sad that there is a need for […]
Jan 17, 2016
Cozy Critter Characters
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At one of our critiques, I mentioned to my friends gathered around the table that I should start a third mystery series starring them, the Cozy Critters! Everybody liked that idea and started choosing names for themselves and cautioning me not to kill them off in my book. “Well, why not?” Helen said. “You have […]
Jan 16, 2016
Why Do I Write?
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I have been pondering that question this morning. Why, indeed, do I write? Writing takes up hours, days, weeks, months of my life. Writing is pouring my heart and soul into the life of my characters. It is taking words and forming them into a person. But then (and this is the best part) using only […]
