Fall is my favorite season. Everything about it appeals to me, the weather, the colors, and the food. When I owned a bed and breakfast, I...

I’m a child of the 50s and 60s. So, when the biopic, A Complete Unknown , about Bob Dylan was released, I was anxious to see the movie....

Before the internet, brides prepared for their wedding day and setting up a new home by visiting a department store, choosing her china...

My elementary and high school years took place in the late 50s through 1970 in South Texas. Horned toads were a part of my life, not...

There are animals in all of my books, mostly dogs, pets of characters. They play a role in our lives, so they work themselves into...

Today, in a reader's group on Facebook, or Meta or whatever it is, a group member was frustrated that a well-known author in a...

I'm often asked why I set my Sydney Lockhart series in historic hotels. The answer is easy. What better place to stage a crime. Historic...

Book Review of Oath and Honor, A Memoir and a Warning by Liz Cheney Liz Cheney’s memoir, Of Oath and Honor, is an eye-opening account of...

While I have faith in America's potential for greatness, I do not currently perceive it. I think this feeling stems from the realization...

My father, James Rogers Henry, was born on June 3, 1931. He died on August 1, 2020. His funeral was not what he'd envisioned, I'm sure,...

Witty, huh? It's not mine. It's a quote from Erma Bombeck. I'm old enough to remember when Erma had a weekly column in most big city...

Crows, seems to me, have a bad reputation. They’re dark and plain, but different than ravens, which may be why I think they have a...

When school starts and the weather begins to cool, I long for sweaters, my favorite poncho, and warm drinks. I like a nice drizzly day...

Mildred Annette Collins, dressed for the Valentine Ball, stared directly into Sabine's Polaroid camera with a stoic expression. It was a...

I like to include a tidbit I've learned researching in each novel. In the fourth book of the Meg Miller Cozy Mystery Series, Blue Feather...

I don't think I tasted figs until I moved to Goliad in 2004 and lived next door to Alline Bethke. Mrs. Bethke is deceased now. She was in...

This story is dedicated to Rev. Ronnie Green and Sam Shaw, RIP In the late 1960’s two young black men, students, successful athletes, and...

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...