Moonlight Can Be Murder A Ned McNeil Cozy Mystery by Blanche Day Manos My car’s headlights cut a yellow swath through the swirling snow. Forty years ago, Uncle Javin’s driveway had not seemed so long but memories dim with time. Gray clouds […]

Philosophical Friday
Is there a particular time of day when errant thoughts wander into your head and you start remembering and wondering and realizing there are lots and lots of things in this old world that you’ve only glimpsed? Or perhaps that you’ve not glimpsed at all but puzzled over? When the sun slips toward the western horizon […]

Warm Hearts, Snow Dusting
A dusting of snow lies across my deck like a drift of talcum powder. The temperature sank below freezing last night and everything outside is cold! Bird feeders are full so when the feathered and furry creatures wake up, they can at least get some fuel in their tummies. As Peg and I journeyed to […]

Blue Cold Blues
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 […]

A Face in the Crowd
It’s raining this morning, not a hard rain but more of a drizzle. The weather reminds me of Ireland and the almost daily rain last October. When I think of Ireland (which is often) I remember the people. The impression I got was that they are busy, hurrying to go here or there. Especially in […]

Thoughtful Thursday
Believe it or not, there are two robins on my neighbor’s lawn. They do this every year–appear before warm weather. Robins are carnivorous. They will eat seeds but I’m not sure how well they digest them. Does anybody know? And each year, many robins die because snow or ice cover the ground and they can’t […]

