Yesterday, I admit the blues came skulking around and hovered over my shoulder. The temperature hovered too–in the mid-50s. Rain drizzled, the sky was gray, leaves fell from the trees, and shorter days with less sunshine was just a bit dreary, leaving no doubt about the season of the year. How to combat an approaching […]
Nov 5, 2017
Tracing Tracks at the Library
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What better way to spend a warm afternoon than at a place where knowledge knows no limits and it’s all at the fingertips, for free? That would be, of course, the library! A day to celebrate independent authors was a good idea. It was fun to hear from others about their books. Funny–many of the […]
Oct 29, 2017
How About Those Cockles of Your Heart?
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What is it that warms the cockles of your heart, puts a spring in your step, a gleam in your eye and a sense of purpose in your life? What is your dream? Where did it go? We all have something, some desire or hope or goal that keeps us reaching and trying and, when […]
Oct 26, 2017
That Warm, Wonderful Feeling
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The warm, wonderful feeling yesterday afternoon wasn’t due completely to the fireplace, although it was snapping and blazing, or the hot, aromatic coffee or even the gingersnaps. No, that cozy feeling was because three good friends were gathered around the hundred-year old table, laughing, talking, and sharing thoughts on reading, writing, and more. Much more. […]
Oct 21, 2017
Plain Poetry from a Plain Country Woman
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by Blanche Day Manos Don’t tell me they are gone, for I can see them still The house, the spring, the burr oak tree, the barn beneath the hill. I smell the sausage sizzling, I hear the rooster crow, The sounds and scents of each new day that woke me long ago. I feel […]
Oct 19, 2017
What Are Cozy Mysteries Made Of?
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Cozy mysteries are a partial reflection of the life of the author. Each person–you, I, everyone, is a part of so many other people, of our own experiences and the experiences of others, of hopes and failures, of good and bad, of the past, the present and yes, even the future. We are all that […]
