Any Moment Now

Any Moment Now

Any moment now, Moonstruck and Murderous will be available on Amazon as a print book. The ebook will follow, a few days later. I’m waiting, checking Amazon, hoping. Evangeline Carver is a key character in Moonstruck. Ned likes her as soon as she meets her, but is there more about the elderly grande dame of […]

It Used to be Just Older Folk

It Used to be Just Older Folk

As I re-read this post from a few years back, I decided it still applied to today! A dear friend sent an email in which she mentioned her son having a birthday. She said, “It used to be just older folk who had children that age.” As my son had a birthday this week too, […]

The Curious Creature Called a Cat

The Curious Creature Called a Cat

I wrote this piece about six years ago. The little cat who came to visit was Mr. Gray. I’m glad he came and stayed a while and I miss him now that he no longer comes around.. Wherever he went, I hope he is happy and I hope he knows how much I enjoyed those […]

Wandering Into Wednesday

Wandering Into Wednesday

The coffee is hot. The honey bran muffins are just out of the oven. Sky is overcast, as if it may rain today. Will it? Weather is iffy. You can’t count on it, except you can count on it to be changeable. A couple of years ago, I bought a dilapidated Woman’s World, December 1918. […]

The Murky Mind of a Mystery Writer

The Murky Mind of a Mystery Writer

I knew a long time ago that I was a little different, but I kept it a secret. I had a big, heaping helping of curiosity. I wanted to know things. I wanted to dig past the surface and find out what lay underneath. Why did things happen as they did? For a long time, […]

Dynamite and a Jackhammer

Dynamite and a Jackhammer

I needed a stick of dynamite. A jackhammer might have helped. But, I had neither and so I was left with a container that didn’t want to be opened and a lot of frustration. Why do companies who package products, especially food products, do this to their customers? Is it to keep unscrupulous people from […]