In this day of technology, libraries are still wonderful places. A wealth of knowledge is housed within their walls, free and open to the public. Any book on any subject is available and if the library doesn’t have it on the shelves, a helpful librarian will be glad to order it through inter-library loan. In Moonlight […]
Jul 31, 2014
Rainy Day Reflections
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My tomato plant is lovin’ it! So are the four o’clocks, roses, impatiens, rose moss, marigolds, and all the other flowers and herbs. It is raining! Rain fell yesterday, all night, and is still going at it this morning. There is an old tale that rain doesn’t fall on July nights. Wrong! And, I’m glad. […]
Jul 29, 2014
Shivers, Shadows, and Mysteries
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In one of my favorite children’s books about a frog and a toad, one of them asks the other if he doesn’t like to be scared, to have the shivers? Well, no, thank you, his friend doesn’t! But most of us do, if that means a delicious little chill running down the spine while knowing […]
Jul 25, 2014
A Writer’s Psalm
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A Writer’s Psalm Bless the Lord, O my writing. May all my plots and characters praise the Lord! The earth, O Lord, is rich in books; verily, it overflows with the written word. Large is the competition; great is the challenge to find a place in this plethora of volumes. Humbled, I put fingers to keyboard […]
Jul 24, 2014
Derechos and Unexpected Twists
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Five of us cozy critters were animatedly discussing the fine points of word meanings, sentence construction, and the best way of saying what we want to say, all in keeping with publishers’ and editors’ guidelines when it hit. I believe this is called an unexpected twist in the plot because no one at the table […]
Jul 18, 2014
A Riot of Robins on Writing
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A chorus of robins greets the pre-dawn. I mean, a veritable flock! Maybe a family and their whole bunch of friends and relatives. I wondered if a group of robins has a specific name. For example, geese in flight are a skein, whereas, on the ground they are a gaggle. A bunch of crows is […]
