This is the last day that the fourth Darcy and Flora cozy mystery, Grave Heritage, will be offered as a free Kindle book on Amazon. So, celebrate not having to labor and take a mini vacation without even leaving home. Tomorrow, it goes back to full price. And thank you, those who are downloading. […]
May 8, 2018
And Then Came the Reward
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Work is often its own reward. A person can lose herself in work and troubles all just disappear, or at least, grow smaller. Yesterday was a day perfect for losing troubles and worries. It was a day to be glad just to be alive. Neither hot nor cold, but somewhere in a comfortable in between, […]
Jan 4, 2018
The Thief of Time
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Who is this thief of time, that robs us of the ones we love? This morning, I woke up thinking about time–how fleeting it is. Maybe it’s because of another new year starting; maybe it’s just that something–a memory, a conversation, a passage in a book brings to mind the rush and hurry of time passing, […]
Sep 4, 2017
Those Amazing and Beautiful Benefits of Baking
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Baking–the art of mixing separate ingredients into one amazing whole. A mathematician, a chemist, an artist–a baker is all of these. She’s also popular with her family. Saturday, I baked black-bottom cupcakes. These have been a family favorite for years. Chocolate, with a cream cheese filling. Now, what could beat that? Then, yesterday, I baked […]
Jun 19, 2013
A Page to Be Written
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The sun shining against my neighbor’s tree across the street mottles the trunk in gold light and leaf shadows. Around that trunk two small furry figures chase each other; round and round, nosing up the tree, nosing down, tails flicking. I wonder what the day’s plans are for these two squirrels? And at the end […]
