Did I tell you that I’m taking a computer class? Well, I am and I, who once rebelled against the thought of allowing a computer a prominent place in my home, am fascinated. Matt has been my mainstay on all things technological and will remain so but now at least maybe I can appear to […]
Feb 2, 2015
Blue Cold Blues
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If anybody asks how I’m liking this winter’s weather, my answer is ready: I don’t. Yesterday was such a cold, blustery, wintry day! Instead of getting warmer, the temperature sank all day! And this morning, handfuls of cold, dry, rice pellet snow lie here and there on ground and deck. If the groundhog has a […]
Jan 21, 2015
Whence Cometh Thou?
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As you read the three Darcy and Flora cozies, do you ever stop to wonder why the characters act as they do, where they’re coming from? Do you ever recognize yourself in one or two of the characters and realize the answer to the question, Whence Cometh Thou? In the first book, The Cemetery Club, Darcy is simply […]
Jan 14, 2015
What a Deal!
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Hey, Kindle readers, look at the deal my publisher is offering you! He has dropped the price of all Pen-L.com books to 99 cents! Yes, really. Go to Amazon.com and check it out. Here is what a reader said about Best Left Buried: It would take many great adjectives to describe this third book of Blanche […]
Jan 13, 2015
Video Adventure
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Just for a change this morning, I’m going to put a video on for my blog post. I’m reading a little bit of Grave Shift with the fireplace as a backdrop. As you can tell, this isn’t a professional reading, it’s just me. And, near the end, I really do know that “begun” needed the […]
Jan 9, 2015
With Time on My Hands
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Retirement–that longed-for Utopian state for which I worked for decades. Lovely, unhurried mornings, peaceful, sunny days of travel, visiting coffee shops. Plenty of time for cleaning a house and keeping it sparkling, baking cookies, taking long walks. And, oh, my goodness, all that accumulated wisdom. Just a whole headful of good advice gleaned from years of […]
