Each Labor Day, I mop my floors. Now, that sounds strange, doesn’t it, as if I mop my floors only once a year? Actually, I mop throughout the year. I don’t know how or when my habit of mopping on the first Monday in September began. It was many years ago. That’s my way of […]
Sep 2, 2013
Perseverance
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Did anyone notice the moon last night? It was a silver sliver, sort of like a lop-sided smile, beautiful and serene. If the moon had human emotions, I wonder what it would feel as it gazes down on mankind? Would it be disbelief, horror, amazement, awe, perhaps apprehension? Or, depending on where and when it […]
Sep 1, 2013
Every Jot and Tittle
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You’ve seen the cliche: the writer staring out the window appearing to be idle while she’s actually thinking of the next part of her story. I sympathize with that writer. It could be me! I’m on the re-write of the third Darcy/Flora mystery and re-writes and critiques are pain-staking necessities. The Cozy Critiquers are giving […]
Aug 31, 2013
The Mysterious and Romantic Cozy
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Yesterday I wrote about being romantic. This morning as I look out at a dark summer pre-dawn, I think of how life is a many-faceted adventure, not just one thing straight through, but a blending of many feelings and experiences. To me, romance can be a bit mysterious and a mystery can be a bit […]
Aug 30, 2013
Incurably Romantic
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And, to the title I might add that I’m not looking for an antidote. But before you jump to any conclusions, let me say that I probably don’t define romantic as any dictionary or thesaurus does; well, maybe I would agree that I’m a bit fanciful because I don’t always look at life the way it […]
Aug 29, 2013
The Mystique of the Critique
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The title of today’s blog is misleading but it does rhyme! There is no mystery about the Cozy Critiques. The official definition of a critique is an opinion or analysis or observation. A cozy critique (although I can’t find it listed in a dictionary) is a united effort of friends helping each other become better […]
