Hi, everyone! Check out my guest post at Elizabeth Spann Craig’s site, “Mystery Writing is Murder.” I’m talking about the butler as suspect in Golden Age detective fiction. All kinds of skullduggery going on, including the first clue of the contest! Thanks, Kathy Be the first to like. Like Unlike
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! Last year, hubby and I did a joint blog post about each other’s foibles. Ah, married life can be so entertaining – especially from the sidelines. This year, I’ve been thinking about how communication has been radically altered in the 20+ years Paul and I have been married. If we were courting(…)
Welcome to Mystery Monday! As this is the last full week before Christmas, it seemed fitting to look at the holiday’s ultimate man of mystery, Santa Claus. On Friday, we’ll look at a more historical aspect of Santa. (Both are reposts, as I rush around with errands, like most folks do this time of(…)
Hi, everyone! I’m off to the Malice Domestic Convention this weekend, reveling in the multitude of panel discussions of murder and mayhem, including the latest poisons that Luci Zahray, otherwise known as “the Poison Lady” has to share with us (over lunch, LOL). In addition, I’m looking forward to meeting cozy mystery writers galore, and mingling/(…)
Welcome to Tuesday Terrific, where we celebrate getting over the Monday bump and picking up speed for the rest of the week. Here at Casa Owen this past weekend, we got to enjoy a visit from my parents. My dad was celebrating his 75th birthday, and he wanted to share it with us. How cool(…)
It’s ROW80 time! Most of you know about my crawling start last week, because of my cold. So how did this week go? Eh. Here we go…my goals (they’ve been simplified since I started): 1. ROW80 check ins on Sundays Yep. (Notice how I always start with the easy one?) NEXT… 2. Continue blog posting on(…)
Woot! It’s my first ROW80 check in ever! It’s my first ROW80 FAIL ever! The first day the kids were back to school last week, I woke up sick. One of those upper-respiratory things, where you’re head is full of gunk, raging headache, the works. Since then, it’s moved to my chest, which for an(…)
I have a little confession to make: I was a ROW80 “silent stalker” for a good bit of 2011. The signs were unmistakable – blog visits to ROWers’ sites, the wistful sighs as I saw them cheer each other on over successes, and encourage one another over goals not met…and – ooh - the goal-envy. Wow,(…)