Sauntering, strolling, streeling–words that mean about the same but the last word is not heard much any more. In Grave Heritage, Flora uses the word and she and Darcy remember that Andy Tucker used to say that. None of the Cozy Critters who heard me read the passage from the book knew what it meant. […]
Dec 8, 2015
A Fanciful Flight with a Fox
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A few years ago, I wrote a children’s imaginary tale about a fox and how the birth of Christ changed him. I meant to illustrate the story and bind it into two small books: one for my grandchildren and one for the grandchildren of a dear friend. Somehow, even though I finished it, it was […]
Dec 5, 2015
Raintrees, Victorians, Mysteries and Acorns
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Raintrees and mysteries are swirling through my mind this morning. Would you believe I’m on my third cup of Folgers already and the sun hasn’t even gotten up? The sky however, is growing lighter in the east. These beautiful December days are like a blessing, a time of reprieve, perhaps, before winter arrives in earnest. Will it […]
Dec 4, 2015
Home Is a Place Where Love Lives
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Home: a place of safety, a refuge, a comforting place where I can be me. During this Christmas season, people’s thoughts are toward home. One of the Christmas songs, “There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays” says it pretty well. Home may be large or it may be small; richly furnished or barely furnished […]
Dec 2, 2015
A House with Character
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After four days of rain and cloudy skies, yesterday’s sky was blue and the day was lovely. It was a perfect time to take my cozy mystery books to the Thompson House in Tahlequah in preparation for their Victorian Christmas Fair which will be this weekend. Sometimes there are not enough hours in the day, […]
Dec 1, 2015
How Many Ghosts Are There?
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This morning, Moonlight Can Be Murder is featured on Barbara A. Martin’s Facebook page. Thanks, Barbara. http://www.folkstalesthings.com/Special-Events-.html An interesting item popped up on a news website this morning: a ghost town for sale. Swett, South Dakota, is offered for a mere $250,000. There’s not much there, according to the report, just a gas station, museum, a bar […]
