It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas – again. As I get older the holiday seems to come around faster and faster. Between my day job, family, and writing, I can’t seem to find the time to just sit and think. Or plan. Or shop. For the past month I’ve picked up odds and […]
by Susan McBride In my last post I bemoaned Scrooges so my intention today was to write something filled with sugarplum fairies and sparkly snowflakes and “it’s the most wonderful time of the year” sort of things. Only it didn’t quite pan out. I blame it on The Fray. You see, I had my iPod […]
Thought I’d show off one of great grand-daughters in her Christmas finery. Her daddy brought her to church yesterday and I thought she looked really cute. She’s six going on sixteen. She has beautiful curly hair and informed me that she’d straightened it. That reminded me of when my girls were young they wanted their […]
Bottom line: It’s none of my business if Tiger Woods has slept with 1 or 100 women during his marriage. He took a vow to be faithful – and he clearly skipped over that part without nary a nevermind, as my mother, the original Evelyn would say. So what happens between the sheets (or anywhere […]
Years ago I belonged to a sorority–no, not the college kind, this one was social–whose primary purpose seemed to be having fun. We had once a week get-togethers and a party once a month at someone’s house which our husbands were invited to. There was always a theme and we usually danced. We also had […]
Where do mystery plots come from? National news broadcasts, local newspapers, obscure blogs – they are all great resources for a mystery writer. The following are some of the news bits that caught my eye recently. A searcher dies: Robert Rines died at age 87. For 35 years he’d been spending his free time at […]
by Susan McBride You’d think that with the world in such turmoil people would start being nicer to each other, but it seems just the opposite. I don’t know why civility seems such a rarity these days, but it is (had a nice rant with Maggie on Wednesday about this!). Is it because technology has […]
Today a new member of our church challenged us to give something of ourselves for Christmas. His proposal is that those who feel led to help put on a dinner for those at the church or in town who have no where else to go for Christmas. Usually we give the fixings for a Christmas […]
The official holiday shopping season has begun. Our family celebrates Chanukah, also called The Feast of Lights. The first of the eight candles will be lit the evening of December 11. Oy! Our youngest daughter won’t be home from college until the holiday is actually over – so I plan to send some gifts to […]
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at The Stiletto Gang! On Thanksgiving, do you stop to think about all the things you’re thankful for? I do. There are so many, but most can fit into these five categories. The top five things I’m thankful for: 5. Health and Happiness (knock on wood; we have obstacles, […]