So cold this morning. Temperature in the twenties. This first cup of Folger’s is very welcome. I remember olden days when all we had for heat was a wood-burning stove. Dad would get up before the rest of the family and build a fire in the stove. We would wait until the house had warmed […]
Nov 21, 2015
My Close Friend the Turkey
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Here’s how a turkey came home with me when I wasn’t expecting him. You see, it all happened this way: yesterday, I went to the food store just to pick up a few things. Well, first one thing led to another. I remembered more and more of what I needed until my grocery cart was […]
Nov 20, 2015
Invitation to a An Old Cemetery
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My publisher sends you an audio clip invitation this morning which takes you to the Pen-L website and my landing page. This link allows you to hear an excerpt from The Cemetery Club. http://www.Pen-L.com/TheCemeteryClub.html. I hope you enjoy it. As the narrator of the audio book reads, I can see that spring morning, Darcy and Flora at an ancient […]
Nov 19, 2015
Hearing The Cemetery Club
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The news is out! And I’m so excited. Yesterday, my publisher, Duke Pennell, sent an email announcing the readiness of the audio book, The Cemetery Club! You and I can actually hear the talented narrator read this first cozy mystery that launched the Darcy and Flora series. Just go to my page on Amazon, click […]
Nov 18, 2015
A Touch of Whimsy
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Whimsy is something fanciful, unusual, or fun; so says the dictionary. It is also an antidote to reality. Not that I ignore the terrible state of affairs swirling around us and the dark threats that are real and should be taken seriously but being fanciful now and then is sort of like gulping a breath […]
Nov 17, 2015
Parliamentary Procedure
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Yesterday a parliamentary contingent from Minnesota arrived in my mailbox. As I carried the box inside, I heard muffled hoots and mutterings. When I opened the box, out they flew–a parliament of the prettiest owls I’ve seen yet and I’ve seen a lot of owls. You can understand that at first they were a bit disoriented. […]
