The Weather Outside is Frightful

The Weather Outside is Frightful

Wednesday, the weather was pretty nice. I buzzed around, taking down things in the yard I had  up all summer and storing them away until next spring. Thursday? Well, Thursday was an entirely different story. An interesting thing: Our last snow occurred May 4 and our first snowfall this year occurred December 5, almost exactly […]

Great Review

My thanks to Barbara Jean Coast, for the rousing review she did of Barbara’s and my book, Grave Shift. I reprint the review here: Barbara Coast’s Reviews > Grave Shift: A Mother-Daughter Sleuth Mystery Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars […]

Wednesday Wanderings

Wednesday Wanderings

Some mornings I wake up with my mind going in a dozen different directions. Do you do that? I have a feeling if I could capture those fly-away thoughts and concentrate on one or two of them for, maybe thirty minutes or so, I might solve some of my problems. Like, where did I put […]

The Story of the Ornaments

The Story of the Ornaments

This morning could be an early spring day, if I didn’t know better. The earth is dampish, there is a soft mist in the air, I see smoke rising from where my neighbor just started a fire in her fireplace, and the temperature is 34. But, judging from the forecast, Wednesday or Thursday we will […]

A Furry Fable–Conclusion

Why the Squirrel Has a Bushy Tail by Blanche Day Manos Wind tore at Squirrel. Rain blinded her. She had to blink fast to see anything at all, but she kept going, an inch at a time, down the tree toward the river. At last the roar of the river drowned out the sounds of […]

A Furry Fable – Part Two

Why the Squirrel Has a Bushy Tail – Part Two by Blanche Day Manos Squirrel stopped halfway down the tree. Tears stung her eyes.  How could ‘Possum say such hateful things? Usually, Rabbit took up for her when Opossum hurled horrid words,  but today Rabbit just closed his eyes and sighed. “I was only trying […]