Outside my window, the maple stretches dark, mostly bare branches to the sky. Arching over my driveway, the slimmer, barer arms of the white mulberry entwine with the maple. At the edge of my container garden, the crepe myrtle’s limbs, twisted and bare of bark, rise past the eaves. These trees and shrub are a playground for squirrels […]
Jan 14, 2016
Mysterious Mystique of Critiquing Critters
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Yesterday was a red-letter day in the life of our Cozy Critters. All six of us were together around the hundred year old table at the same time! It was great! Before Christmas Jane and her son Mark took a trip to New York City. The town was decked out in its holiday best. Jane […]
Jan 13, 2016
“Intense, Emotional Mystery”
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“This is an intense and at times emotional mystery. I could not put it down,” Deb Forbes wrote in her exciting review of Moonlight Can Be Murder. For the rest of this review and to visit Deb’s attractive and informative blog, click on her link: http://mysteryreadingnook.blogspot.com/2016/01/moonlight-can-be-murder-edge-of-your.html. This is an example of one of my favorite parts of Deb’s […]
Jan 12, 2016
Tuesday Tidbits and Teasers
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Coffee, warm house, family near-by; I have no complaints and would sound surly if I did. Thank You, God. Just wondering why, when the English language contains a plethora of beautiful, gracious uplifting words from which to choose, sometimes we use the grungiest, foulest, most hateful ones in speaking or writing. I remember the days […]
Jan 11, 2016
One Step Ahead of a Killer
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Last night, the sky was clear and the temperature took a plunge downward. What does a cozy mystery writer or a cozy mystery reader do on a night like this? Read, of course, or write! In this slice of Moonlight Can Be Murder, Ned takes a wild, icy ride which nearly ends in disaster. A […]
Jan 10, 2016
Mocha Coffee and Flying Fingers
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The mercury shivers at fifteen degrees this morning. Yesterday morning I was so excited! Snow was falling in NW Arkansas. It was beautiful. However, it did not last; the cold did. The heater blower on my furnace went out a few days ago and I am very thankful that a few hours later, it was […]
