Lots of reasons to celebrate this morning. There’s a new day dawnin’; it lies before me like a clean, fresh piece of paper with no words on it as of it. A new week with lots of opportunities is here. My three Darcy and Flora Cozy Mysteries are available both on Pen-L.com and Amazon.com! Yea! May I suggest […]
Nov 2, 2014
Company Comin’
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This morning, maybe because Matt and Dawn were expecting company yesterday, I thought of how my dad and mom welcomed company a long time ago when I was a child. Company was special. (It still is, by the way.) We looked forward to visitors (well, Mom and Dad did. I was so shy that sometimes I would […]
Nov 1, 2014
Chills and Frostbite
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That chill I feel is not due to reading an exciting cozy mystery. I am about as shivery as my poor container garden looks this morning! The temperature is just below thirty degrees. Thank goodness I brought in the huge geranium and the two pots of chrysanthemums, also the chocolate mint from the back yard. Yesterday was […]
Oct 31, 2014
Frightful Fact or Fanciful Fiction
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When the wind whispers secrets to the trees and shadows slip around dark corners, when change is in the air and things are not what they seem, what better time to let your imagination soar into the realms of shivers and shadows? I have a mystery for you this morning. From which of the Darcy and Flora books […]
Oct 30, 2014
Chocolate Nuggets
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What do you call a pan of double chocolate orange brownies that don’t exactly come out of the pan as they ought? Chocolate nuggets, of course. And, let me tell you they are just as tasty as the kind that is neatly cut into attractive squares.Chocolate nuggets, coffee, friendship and a whole lot of laughter […]
Oct 29, 2014
A Strong Tower
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In Ireland, tall, round stone towers rise like ancient, stalwart guards, keeping watch over a beloved country. Built centuries ago, some as long ago as 750 or 800 A.D., sixty-five of them dot the Irish countryside. Some are in fine condition, looking much as they did when built, and some are just ruins, crumbling stones in a jumbled […]
