Just after the sun goes down is a great time to take pictures. Last night, I moseyed into the front yard with my camera and got a few snaps of flowers. I heard a tree frog, a spring peeper, but never did see him..These interesting little creatures have great, big voices and are quite tiny. […]
May 4, 2018
Planting Those Shadowy Clues
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Sometimes we encounter a mystery that seemingly has no solution, but wait! If you sharpen those bloodhound skills, could you find some clues that would lead you to the inevitable outcome? In cozy mysteries, a great deal of the fun and intrigue is in the foreshadowing or planting of subtle, shadowy clues and hints that […]
May 1, 2018
When the May Bee Buzzes Around
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Maybe I’ll find millions of dollars like the couple out in California did last year. Maybe the light will dawn in people’s lives and we’ll all get along with each other. Maybe the news coming from the television will be only good. And then, again…maybe not. You see, this is May 1 and if there […]
Apr 29, 2018
The Web of the Spider
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Unlike Miss Muffett’s experience, the spider didn’t sit down beside me. I sat down beside it, on the porch swing. I didn’t notice it at first because it was so small, maybe l/4 of an inch. When I did see it, I wasn’t sure at first just what kind of insect I was looking at. […]
Apr 26, 2018
When I Grow Too Old to Dream
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We all have a dream–something that puts a spring in our steps and a gleam in our eyes. Dreams are those wonderful things as filmy as spiders’ webs, as substantial as moonbeams, somewhere ahead of us, calling to us to follow, to pursue, to hope, to reach. We can spin dreams of the straw of […]
Apr 25, 2018
Getting Older
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A few decades back, in Cherokee County, in a small house atop one of those beautiful Oklahoma hills, while rain poured and lightning flashed, I made my appearance into the world. And, true to form, we have rain again today, to celebrate my birthday. Actually, I don’t feel all that much older, but as I […]
