My friend Jane has some interesting dreams and sometimes uses them in a story or poem. I do too, occasionally. Last night, I had a most interesting dream about a 1967 Ford Mustang. My husband and I bought the Mustang brand-new, straight off the showroom floor. It was beautiful, small, shiny brown with a leather-look brown interior […]
Jun 5, 2016
Chasing Away the Shadows
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Such an absolutely beautiful Sunday morning! Not a leaf stirs as the sun dapples them with gold and shadow. On my neighbor’s driveway, a rabbit with wet feet stops and does a bit of drying off. Two squirrels chase each other around the maple. In the back yard, the little robin family is out for an […]
Jun 4, 2016
A View from the Top
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The view from my 7th floor hospital room is quite nice. Rogers is spread out under me. On the interstate, cars are busily going here and there. People are starting a new day. I’m glad to be among them. Our hearts are wonderful things and when they are in sound working order, they run a […]
Jun 2, 2016
Flood Waters and Faith
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The sky is dark this morning. This type of weather might be thought of as foreboding or foreshadowing, especially for friends and family in Texas. High water there already and more rains coming for Texas. Heartbreaking pictures of animals trying to escape flood waters, taking refuge wherever they can, on porches, on tops of cars, anywhere higher […]
May 28, 2016
Happy Mentions
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Tweets and twitters and they’re not even birds! However, they are music to my ears. And joyful. Two beautifully-worded mentions of two of my cozy mysteries: Special Novel Ties is a new site by Earl Chinnici. This is a fun concept Earl developed with a tie or something in common one book has with another. In The […]
May 26, 2016
Incredibly Creative Critters
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Yesterday afternoon, after a pretty impressive thunderstorm, we Cozy Critters met once more. These friends never fail to amaze and inspire me. Carolyn is a a writer and an artist. She shared with us a graduation card she had painted and written for her grandson. This was top-quality stuff! Then, she read her work in progress, Silly […]
