I’m so glad you all got a kick out of yesterday’s post, where I talked about the wacky Mother’s Day gift suggestion Amazon sent me. (Pole-dancing lessons would be considered a crazy Mother’s Day gift, right? Based on some of your comments yesterday, I’m not so sure, LOL). But we’re not done yet! Today, Amazon emailed(…)
Look what popped up in my inbox today: The last time I was dangling like that I was wearing plaid shorts and scuffed tennies, my hair in braided pigtails, looking for a lost tooth on the playground. I’m sure my toes weren’t pointed. They didn’t call me “klutzy Kathy” in school for nothing. So,(…)
I don’t talk much about my personal life on this blog, but my public and private lives seem to be intersecting lately. Especially today: my first mystery, Dangerous and Unseemly, has been released on Amazon – more on that later – and also today, my first child, Patrick, turns 20! I know that 21 is supposed to(…)
Welcome to the first of a series of character sketches, based upon the people who live in the world of Dangerous and Unseemly, my debut mystery novel. Each post will provide a particular character’s “view from an armchair,” a unique look into that character as he or she sits in a favorite spot to read, sew, converse,(…)
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(…)
I voted. It’s still a thrill, 32 years after I first registered to vote in the presidential election between encumbent Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. (Yeah, I know, I’m old). I’ve voted in nearly every election since then – not just the presidential ones – in the three different states in which I’ve lived. Whether(…)
What fictional forms were the precursors to mystery stories? Many point to Edgar Allan Poe’s (1809-1849) work, especially his August Dupin short stories. While his influence is huge, there’s more to the origins of the modern mystery. Let’s look at another contributing genre: Victorian Sensation Fiction Critics agree that Victorian sensation fiction (approx. 1850s to(…)
Fans of old movies know Hedy Lamarr, star of 1930s and 40s American films, such as Ziegfield Girl, and Samson and Delilah. She was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world,” and worked with such Hollywood greats as Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Jimmy Stewart, Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Louis B. Mayer, and Cecil B. DeMille.(…)