This is Friday the Whatth?

This is Friday the Whatth?

Friday the 13th. An ominous day for those among us who are superstitions.  Thankfully, I’m not burdened by belief in superstitions; I don’t even read  my horoscope in the newspaper. I just don’t think a Christian needs to go there. My trust is in the Lord Jesus. He is all I need. And, after that […]

One Mountain Climbed, Now Onward…

One Mountain Climbed, Now Onward…

Such an odd daylight this morning, sort of a yellowish glow. The sun is not yet up but darkness took its leave before I could reach my computer. This is the time when the world seems hushed, not fully awake. Not a leaf stirs on the trees and only a couple of neighbors have passed […]

A Cache of Cozy Cats

A Cache of Cozy Cats

As I said on one of my posts, this writer was born suspicious. Actually, I must have been born with suspicion mixed with gullibility, stirred together with a tendency to believe the best of people. That seems a contradiction, doesn’t it? But a mystery writer needs to have an inquiring mind. There! I believe inquiring is a […]

A Writer’s Inspiration

A Writer’s Inspiration

A few days ago, one of the questions on a writers’ Facebook page was, What do you do to get unstuck from a writer’s block? My answer was I simply wrote. Darcy and Flora took over, I recorded their conversation and activities and voila! I was unstuck. There’s something else that gets me in the […]

Sunshine and Shadow

My house sits on a curvy street. This is very difficult for a directionally-challenged person because I can’t quite get it straight in my head whether I’m facing north or south or somewhere in between. I just know that in the summer, I have more sunshine in the back part of the house. In the […]

Saying Good-bye to Friends

Saying Good-bye to Friends

On my Facebook page yesterday, I mentioned that I had completed my third Darcy/Flora, mother/daughter/sleuth book. Will I write a fourth? I don’t know. I’ve been mulling over another series, but we’ll see. Anyway, what a feeling of sadness descended upon me as I finished re-reading and editing that last page!  I tied up the […]