Last week, we began our Halloween celebrations with a Pumpkin Mashup on Wednesday, and continued with a Friday Flashback of 19th century Halloween revelry. Here’s one more Halloween tidbit, to help get you in the mood for tonight: a Halloween “Thriller” video of Disney villains. Enjoy! Have a safe and(…)
Start your Halloween with a Pumpkin Mashup!
Welcome to a special Halloween version of Watercooler Wednesday, where the the topics are bubbly, the company is sparkling, and (today) the tank is filled with spiked cider. Although I was in my twenties before I mutilated my first pumpkin (late bloomer), it was obvious early on how much of Halloween centered around pumpkins, from yummy(…)
Mystery Monday: “The Macbeth Murder Mystery”
How could there be a mystery to Shakespeare’s Macbeth, you ask? American humorist and cartoonist James Thurber asked the same question, with some funny results. Thurber’s life had some interesting moments, including being blinded in one eye as a child when his brother tried to shoot an apple off his head with an arrow (they(…)
Flashback Friday: Ice-skating in Central Park
Since winter is just around the corner, I thought you’d enjoy a little nugget of Victorian winter recreation. The Central Park “lakes” were connected to the city’s water system, and in the winter the depth of the lake was lowered so that the water would freeze better. Ice skating was an enormously popular pastime,when the(…)
Watercooler Wednesday: get your geek on!
Welcome to Watercooler Wednesday, where the water is above-average, the topics are bubbly, and the company is sparkling. Not sure if it’s just me, but I’ve been noticing a lot of fun, geeky things out there on the internet these days, so I thought we could share a “Get Your Geek On” Day …and(…)
Bran Flakes and the Two Magna Cartas
Hi, everyone! Things aren’t going very smoothly over here at Casa Owen so far this week, so here’s a repost for all you NaNo writers out there (and really, anyone who’s a reader will get something from this, too). November is just a few weeks away – good luck! Kathy ——————————————————- After shamelessly stalking eavesdropping(…)
Masters of Mystery: Crispin Guest, a Medieval Sam Spade
Welcome to Masters of Mystery Monday, where each week we feature a fictional detective and examine his or her unique contribution to mystery fiction. This week, I am thrilled to have mystery author Jeri Westerson guest posting about her detective: Crispin Guest My Detective and Me By Jeri Westerson I have a secret relationship.(…)
Red-Headed, or Red-Handed? 19thc bank robberies in fact and fiction
Anyone familiar with the Sherlock Holmes stories has read, or at least heard of, “The Red-Headed League.” The story was published in The Strand Magazine’s August 1891 issue, and later collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892). Be the first to like. Like Unlike
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