Writing a mystery is doing a lot of just supposin’. Come with me a moment into the mysterious realms of the fourth Ned McNeil mystery. Just suppose that it was part of Ned’s job to take a picture of an old farmhouse for her boss, Daisy. But, suppose that when Ned goes inside the dark […]
Feb 25, 2026
Suppose That It Happened…
By Blanche Manos · 1 Comment
Filed Under: Mysteries · Tagged: fiction, imagination, Just Supposin', mysteries, pretend, stories, writers
Feb 23, 2026
Penelope Pennybroke
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This is a strange tale of someone we’ll call Penelope Pennybroke. You may believe it or not, as you choose. Penelope, quiet, gray-haired woman of a certain number of years, was on her daily walk, minding her own business, keeping an eye out. She always did this–kept an eye out. One time she found a […]
Filed Under: Musings · Tagged: cloak, fiction, invisibility, Penelope Pennybroke, pretend, stories
Jan 29, 2026
Snow Sharks
My neighbor made a cute snowman. He looks bright and cheerful and right at home in his yard of snow. There’s an old saying that if snow stays on the ground three days, there’ll come another snow on top of it. I remember, years ago, we had a lot of snow and also a fierce […]
Oct 15, 2025
Magical Mushrooms
This is National Mushroom Day! I didn’t know that, until I read it this morning, so I assume that’s right. Mushrooms are interesting little fungi that seem to appear overnight, after the ground has received quite a bit of rain. How did they get there? So far as I know, nobody has ever seen them […]
Sep 28, 2025
Tell Me Why
Tell Me Why I wonder about lots of things. “Why” is always on the tip of my tongue. From little things to big, I wonder why many times. One thing I’ve wondered about is the placement of garages on newer houses. About ninety-per cent of the time, the garage is on the front of the […]
Aug 24, 2025
Scarcely Mentioned People
The Bible contains stories of many courageous people, sometimes mentioning them only once but recording their stories for a reason. I found the daughters of Zelophehad mentioned. I don’t remember them but they are mentioned in the Book of Numbers. Zelophehad died without leaving any sons and his five girls appeared before Moses and the […]
Filed Under: Musings · Tagged: Bible, Moses, musings, mysteries., stories, women, Zelophehad
