She really knew how to push my guilt button. I had plenty of time. My only job was working part-time for Daisy and her real estate company, and I could certainly have turned her down, but she looked so needy that I couldn’t refuse. So, here I was on a windy, autumn day standing at […]
Sep 27, 2025
The Tale of a Chicken
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As I was thumbing through past posts for this blog, I came across what I’d written a few years ago. Now, I’m wondering what happened to the chicken after he left this vicinity. Did he have a good life? Did he meet with an untimely end? I can only hope for the best. I’ve looked […]
Sep 23, 2025
That Certain Friend
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We all need friends. A talk with a good and trusted friend can brighten an otherwise gloomy day. Clara and Agnes were two such friends. Let’s listen in on their conversation: Agnes shook her head. “So, Mildred bought a house that was haunted? If she truly believed that, why would she do such a dumb […]
Jul 29, 2025
Down Deertrack Hill
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The Cemetery Club was my first book in the Darcy and Flora, mother and daughter series. One of their most frightening episodes was when they took the fast way down Deertrack Hill. Darcy and Flora were driving east toward Fayetteville during a rainstorm. The highway was deserted, or so they thought. As we crossed the […]
Jul 11, 2025
Nancy and Me
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Nancy and me and a mystery makes three. As a youngster, I learned many things from Nancy Drew besides what was on the pages of her books; I learned that Nancy was the kind of girl I would like to be. Nancy was a magnet who attracted mysteries. To anyone else, clocks were clocks and […]
Jul 10, 2025
Poe and Me
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Something weird is in the air. It’s in my nose and ears and hair. Last night, I read a lot of Poe, and now, I can’t talk right no mo’. The things I say come out in rhyme; not just once, but all the time. The sun is shining, bright as can be; the whole […]
