It Was a Dark and Rainy Day…

It Was a Dark and Rainy Day…

The rain yesterday didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of writers and readers who flocked to the library for the second annual Northwest Arkansas Author’s Fair. There were three rooms full of authors  displaying books on many subjects, from cookbooks to fantasy.  I set up my table with copies of Grave Shift, business cards, and a paper […]

One Mountain Climbed, Now Onward…

One Mountain Climbed, Now Onward…

Such an odd daylight this morning, sort of a yellowish glow. The sun is not yet up but darkness took its leave before I could reach my computer. This is the time when the world seems hushed, not fully awake. Not a leaf stirs on the trees and only a couple of neighbors have passed […]

A Cache of Cozy Cats

A Cache of Cozy Cats

As I said on one of my posts, this writer was born suspicious. Actually, I must have been born with suspicion mixed with gullibility, stirred together with a tendency to believe the best of people. That seems a contradiction, doesn’t it? But a mystery writer needs to have an inquiring mind. There! I believe inquiring is a […]

The Cat

He slips through the darkness of my neighbor’s yard, this nocturnal cat. The only reason I can see him at all is because part of him is white. The rest is black and  gives an eerie impression of pale, disembodied blobs floating above the grass. What is his reason for being out? Catching a sleepless […]