An Ireland Visit

A light rain is falling. I’m pretty sure it is raining in Ireland, too, where St. Patrick’s Day originated.  While I was there, rain was sometimes hard but never stormy.  Each day of my visit to Ireland is a memory I store away and bring out now and then, as I do this morning.  Our […]

Warm and Comforting

Do you ever enjoy going to some place warm and secure and comforting? I do. Sometimes, I retreat into childishness and have a doughnut (or two or three) and a cup of hot chocolate. I read or write a children’s story and there I am until I feel grown-up enough to take on the world […]

Changeable March

Danger from Behind Us

The Cemetery Club was my first book in the Darcy and Flora, mother and daughter series. One of their most frightening episodes was when they took the fast way down Deertrack Hill.  Darcy and Flora were driving east toward Fayetteville during a rainstorm. The highway was deserted, or so they thought. As we crossed the […]

A New Start

I’ve never started any of my books with a prologue or flashback. I’m considering this for my work-in-progress. What do you think? The wind was wild that night, dashing spates of rain against the hardware store tucked between the grocery and bank. It hit the three men like cold, stinging needles as they stepped out […]

Was That a Pet Rat?

It’s a drizzly, chilly Saturday morning. With only one cup of Folgers down, I am in need of another. But first, let me tell you about a goofy dream. Do you dream after you go to sleep or are you one of those rare people who doesn’t dream or who doesn’t remember them?  Anyway, there […]