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Dear Old and Recent Friends, It was never on my bucket list to survive a day when the temperature tops out at 116 F. Here’s to another notch in the gunbelt. It is difficult to describe to [...]

“All crime novels are social novels,” says Laura Miller in her recent article “Try To Remember” in The New Yorker, an article devoted to Dublin-based mystery writer Tana [...]

The State of the State Seasons change rapidly around here. In August we experienced three scalding weekends, while the time between them often gave us chilly mornings. It’s cooler now, and [...]

The daffodils have come and gone. Flowers that shouldn’t be here until May are blooming their little heads off. I am going through another real estate transaction, purchasing the [...]

If there is anything weirder than writing a novel, I am not certain what it is. Here I am, several chapters into my fourth novel, and it continues to be a mystery. At the risk of sounding like [...]

This is a very dull and quiet time of year…if you are a cat. If you are a human, this human, it’s a different story. My brain is racing like a squirrel in a squirrel exerciser as the [...]

The curtain has fallen on another year of great books, and it’s time to take stock of what has passed. Nearly six months ago I did a little mid-year check in, and I realize that most of the [...]

Thanksgiving is the perfect day for hanging out and taking stock. I am not doing dinner this year. Wynne took over, and has been directing the show. I imagine we’ll be dining later on one [...]