My heart is heavy this morning. Yesterday morning, my dear Minnesota sister-in-law went to be with the Lord. My thoughts and prayers are with my brother, niece and nephew, and her sister and brother. She was a part of my family for more than fifty years. In that space of time, you get to know a […]
Sep 7, 2014
The Mystery of a Cup of Coffee
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You’ll pardon me this morning, if I’m a bit scattered. My publisher just sent the cover picture for Barbara’s and my second Darcy and Flora Cozy Mystery. So far, I’ve seen two possible covers, one for Grave Shift and this one for The Cemetery Club. Kelsey is a talented artist and is rendering some eye-catching […]
Sep 6, 2014
A Dark and Stormy Morning
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Thunder booms across the dark sky and rain spatters on the deck. Fall rain! Cooler weather on the way! What could be better? My dog is stretched out on the carpet beside me, thankful for shelter and food. So, for that matter, am I. (Not stretched out on the carpet, but thankful.) Some time I […]
Sep 5, 2014
Goose Summer
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The following is from my book about my mother’s life as a girl at Etta Bend, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. The words are hers, Susie Latty Day’s: In the fall come rare, sparkling days that are warm and bright, with very little wind, a day when natures seems to savor the last remnants of summer. Spider webs […]
Sep 4, 2014
Have Books, Will Travel
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When a writer completes a book, she heaves a great sigh of relief. Something like 60,000 words are written, re-written, read, re-read, edited and re-edited. It’s finished. Right? Wrong! As the song by The Carpenters goes, “We’ve Only Just Begun”. Because, dear readers, next comes marketing. Once, I was a shy, bashful, blushing young gal who […]
Sep 3, 2014
One Faded Road
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The other day, I happened to be in an area that contained a lot of history: a house that was once the hub of a community, beautiful, old trees that had looked down on violent actions and peaceful scenes, and the remains of a very old road that once led to Tahlequah. This track led […]
