Home: a place of safety, a refuge, a comforting place where I can be me. During this Christmas season, people’s thoughts are toward home. One of the Christmas songs, “There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays” says it pretty well. Home may be large or it may be small; richly furnished or barely furnished […]
Dec 3, 2015
Christmas at Fran’s House
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Yesterday, Jane and I drove to Fran’s for her monthly luncheon. This time the theme was Christmas. If ever a house is decked out to welcome the Christmas season, it’s Fran’s. The food was a visual and tasty treat! Salads, two kinds of soup, desserts galore! Everything about the house, including the warm welcome, seemed to shout, “Hallelujah!” Five of […]
Dec 2, 2015
A House with Character
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After four days of rain and cloudy skies, yesterday’s sky was blue and the day was lovely. It was a perfect time to take my cozy mystery books to the Thompson House in Tahlequah in preparation for their Victorian Christmas Fair which will be this weekend. Sometimes there are not enough hours in the day, […]
Dec 1, 2015
How Many Ghosts Are There?
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This morning, Moonlight Can Be Murder is featured on Barbara A. Martin’s Facebook page. Thanks, Barbara. http://www.folkstalesthings.com/Special-Events-.html An interesting item popped up on a news website this morning: a ghost town for sale. Swett, South Dakota, is offered for a mere $250,000. There’s not much there, according to the report, just a gas station, museum, a bar […]
Nov 30, 2015
Never Tire of Dreams
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“You may tire of reality but you never tire of dreams.” — Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874-April 24, 1942) Today is the birthday of the author of Anne of Green Gables. If you haven’t read the book, you have missed an excellent and unforgettable story. The book was made into a movie which has been shown on […]
Nov 29, 2015
Diabolical Writing
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My first thoughts this morning were of writing “finis” to a character’s life. Not to worry, it isn’t for real and I don’t actually have diabolical thoughts. You see, his untimely passing is supposed to look like an accident only it isn’t an accident although Grant Hendley, the sheriff of Ventris County, thinks it is but […]
