Sometimes when an army retreats, it does not signify defeat, but a time to re-consider, replenish, and gather strength. That’s what the retreats are at Fran’s. In her lovely house where every square inch holds a Christmas tree or decoration, we group of women met yesterday and we came away refreshed. Just as her breakfast and lunch […]
Nov 24, 2014
VPs and Dissecting a Cozy
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My Sunday School group is made up of some of the neatest people you would ever want to be around. Don’t let it be said that we VPs are old or dull or staid. No indeed! We want to know what, who, why, how. We are as curious as cats. We may look on life with […]
Nov 18, 2014
Random Thoughts
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Sometimes unrelated thoughts which bear no resemblance to each other come knocking at my mind’s door. Some are borne out of curiosity and some are just casual observations. Some wander in uninvited. Yesterday was that kind of day: random thoughts. So, I jotted a few of them down here in no particular order. None is breath-taking and probably if […]
Nov 16, 2014
Trivia Tidbits
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I thought a trivia game might be fun. The answers to these ten questions are in the Darcy and Flora cozy mysteries. I’ll let the contest run through Wednesday. The first reader to send the ten correct answers will receive an autographed copy of the Darcy and Flora book of your choice. Just send your answers on […]
Nov 12, 2014
Birds, Books, and Br-r-r
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This morning I checked out the temperature on the computer. It was nineteen degrees! Whoa! I nearly choked on my swallow of coffee. Then, I noticed I had left it set on the Minnesota town where my brother lives. What a relief! I typed in my NW Arkansas location and it read 20.9. Only two […]
Nov 7, 2014
Change and the Seasons
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Isn’t it funny how things change–quickly? One day it is summer, balmy, warm, lazy; the next day, snow covers the landscape and I go shivering around the house in a sweater. Snow hasn’t arrived her in NW Arkansas yet but it certainly has in Minnesota. My brother Tracy sent this picture of Little Sand Lake […]
