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 […]
Jan 19, 2026
Powerful Words
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“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping as of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.” – Edgar Allan Poe. Poe’s The Raven has been taken apart and analyzed, looked […]
Jan 14, 2026
Footprints Around the World
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Recently, I’ve had the honor of traveling around the world. I mean to far-off places I’ve only heard about. You know how? Some friends in Austria and also in India bought my cozy mysteries! With a click of the mouse on their computers, there I was! Now, isn’t that neat? Many other authors have had […]
Sep 22, 2025
Happy Autumn’s Beginning
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Well! It’s here again–fall, that is. Summer 2025 is a thing of the past and now we’re into a brand-new season–new, but as old as time. The earth turns, keeps spinning, and here we go, right along with it As we swing into a new season, may it be a peaceful, healthful, encouraging time for […]
Jul 11, 2025
Nancy and Me
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Nancy and me and a mystery makes three. As a youngster, I learned many things from Nancy Drew besides what was on the pages of her books; I learned that Nancy was the kind of girl I would like to be. Nancy was a magnet who attracted mysteries. To anyone else, clocks were clocks and […]
Jan 17, 2025
Keeping Out the Cold
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January can be a bleak month. It’s winter. It’s cold. Trees are bare. Grass looks like it has forgotten the word green. We’ve had a few days of comparative warmth and sunshine but now, a polar vortex is aimed squarely at us and is barrelling this way. Blah. Nemo and I are blessed with a […]
