The Roving Reporter Strikes Again

The Roving Reporter Strikes Again

At last, she did it! The roving reporter caught up with me, moi, yours truly, your humble mystery writer. So, in the corner of my warm and festive home, she asked those pertinent questions that every reader of mysteries wants answered. Roving Reporter: Tell me, please, what led up to your becoming a writer of […]

Am I My Brother’s Keeper?

This morning, as I gazed at my lighted Christmas tree hung with an eclectic bunch of ornaments, a seemingly unrelated thought p0pped into my head. With no direction or invitation on my part, that ancient question first uttered by an anguished Cain  millennia ago: Am I my brother’s keeper? Now, what on earth was there […]

A Little Bit Crazy

A Little Bit Crazy

I’ve noticed this feeling every year just before Christmas. It’s as if there are two spirits in the air,  the spirit of Christmas and the spirit of something else. There’s just a different feeling, a kind of warm and wonderful world where all is peace and love and practical matters, well, they don’t matter.  Admittedly, there’s another aura […]

Coffee, Candy, and the Cozy Critique

What could be cozier than a blaze in the fireplace, sparkling Christmas lights, plenty of hot coffee and a supply of candy and cookies? Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? But the real life of the party were Helen, Jane, Peg, and Nancy who joined me around the old cherry wood table yesterday. I think our […]

Victorian Thompson House

Victorian Thompson House

Last night as I sat at my desk watching the last remnants of sunshine flee the sky, I thought back on the day and its blessings. On Tuesday I visited with many dear people, met two cousins who have recently moved into Tahlequah, and talked with Beth and Jim at the Thompson House. That’s the […]

It’s That Moon Again!

Did you notice the full moon last night? Beautiful, wasn’t it? Do you believe the tales about full moons and their effect on us earthlings? In Moonlight Can Be Murder, Nettie began to suspect those stories could be true. Here’s a bit from that book. The moon is full–just like now. Christmas is coming–just as […]