Apr 14, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Vance Township Police Chief Pete Adams steered his SUV off Route 15 and toward the new housing development with the grandiose name of Scenic Hilltop Estates. Scenic Hilltop? Yes. The homes perched on a knoll of what had once been a family farm, overlooked scenic...
Apr 13, 2015 | A Day In My Life
(Owner/Proprietor of Belle Epoque, the finest tearoom in Gracious Grove, NY, despite what some folks think.) Day in the life, huh? Finally someone asks after my day. No one wants to listen when I talk about my gout, or my lazy employee, Gilda, or how Rose Freemont,...
Apr 11, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I know that my granddaughter, Ellie, thinks that I’m a bit oblivious to what her mother, my daughter-in-law, thinks of me, but I’m not. I’m a crazy hakujin – that’s basically gringa in Japanese – who’s impetuous and man crazy. Well, I guess the latter is not that...
Apr 10, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I knew a lot went in to planning a wedding, but I never realized exactly how much “a lot” was until this week. I’m rushing around trying to get all sorts of last minute things done (rings picked up from the jeweler, vows written and to the minister, a final head count...
Apr 9, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I do declare. . . I live in Cincy but sort of moved to the South when I started to write the Consignment Shop Mysteries. With the books set in Savannah I had to suddenly start thinking and living like my characters. I guess I’m a bit of a method writer just like there...
Apr 8, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Gnocchi with Gorgonzola sauce and fresh bread is the best way to celebrate my scoop today. The sauce is so incredibly rich and fattening — made from equal portions of butter, heavy cream, and Gorgonzola cheese — that I don’t indulge in the dish as often as I would...
