During the pandemic social isolation, I revised the very first novel I wrote, Sabine. I incorporated recommendations from critiques I...

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown is not the genre of book I would usually read, but on a road trip with my husband, I suggested...

Earlier this year, on February 5, a man I never met in person passed away from COVID. He was only 45 years old. I considered him a friend...

Food is a big part of Meg Miller's life, especially since her circle of friends has grown in the latest novel, Den of Uncles. It's...

Caste, The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson is a beautifully written history of racism in the United States, a chronology...

This is actually a recipe for Molasses Crinkles, but I like Crinkles of Molasses better. I've had this recipe since Home Economics in...

A couple of weeks before Christmas, family members begin asking what I wanted. I do the same thing, challenged to come up with a unique,...

When I had a bed and breakfast I served these muffins made with raisins. Now, I like making them with dried cranberries, especially...

Cooler weather makes me want to turn on the oven. Pot pie is a great one-dish meal, a casserole with the bread right there on top. Meg...

You ever think about something and BAM, it shows up? That's what happened on my Facebook timeline this morning. I found this pumpkin...

Once upon a time, we had a bed and breakfast. It was an adventure for seven years. I thought I could fix up an old house, decorate the...

In Mystery on Inheritance Ranch, one of the characters makes a zucchini soup recipe on a cold rainy day. I've had this recipe for a long...

I always thought they named “butch wax” after Uncle Butch, because in his youth he had his dark hair, waxed up to the sky above his blue...

A word about this graphic. My virtual friend, Maggie Anderson, is an author. She lives in Australia and saved this photo on Pinterest. I...

In the first novel of the Meg Miller Cozy Mystery series, Dickens of a Crime, Meg takes food to a widower who has lost his wife to...

In a recent review of Mystery on Inheritance Ranch, the reviewer, S.D. Berg mentioned she was disappointed when she got to the end and...

Symbols, anthems, and mascots play a role in defining a group’s unity. They bring the group together and unite them when in opposition to...

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk By Kathleen Rooney St. Martin's Press Lillian Boxfish knows a thing or two about a thing or two. The story...

On Wednesday, August 7, 2019, ICE raided a poultry production plant in Morton, Mississippi. The company, Koch Foods, so far has no...

Book Review The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 2019, Celadon Books, Division of Macmillan Publishers Suspense Magnified The Silent...