Shy and busy meadow mouse, scamper to your tunnel house Something in the wind says, “Scurry! Seasons change; it’s time […]
Nov 9, 2015
Chilly Days, Warm Thoughts
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I could not believe the temperature this morning! Thirty-eight degrees! No wonder the furnace kicked on. Coffee is good any time of year but particularly in these chilly times. I’m on my second cup of Folgers this morning and it is very welcome. Wednesday will be Cozy Critique time. I am so looking forward to […]
Nov 8, 2015
Kicking Up Autumn Leaves
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Autumn is a funny thing, with thoughts of summer lingering. It is a time for looking back, reminiscing, tucking away those warm thoughts that must be kept for bringing out on winter’s bleakest days. I imagine in Etta Bend a hundred years ago, my mother and her sisters and little brother would be picking up walnuts […]
Nov 7, 2015
The Tall, Dark, Dangerous Stranger
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Yesterday on a facebook page, someone asked for the names of cozy mysteries having to do with the Christmas season. I told her Moonlight Can Be Murder begins on December 1 and ends on Christmas Day. There’s a whole lot of mystery between those two dates. Ned’s white, Victorian house is all decorated for Christmas but she is not in […]
Nov 6, 2015
Do I Hear Christmas Bells?
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Wednesday’s luncheon at Fran’s was a festive affair. Once or twice, I thought I heard sleighbells and saw the ground covered with snow. (I have an active imagination.) Fran and her friend Donna had spent hours and days decorating Fran’s house for Christmas. Every corner, every cranny, walls and flat surfaces boasted something that had to […]
Nov 5, 2015
At the Corner of Magnetic and Main
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I am pleased today to present a review of At the Corner of Magnetic and Main by fellow Pen-L author, Meg Welch Dendler. This gentle ghost story of life, death, and love takes place in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Penny is a kind, gentle ghost with a purpose. Everything in the diner at The Corner of Magnetic […]
