Phyllis H. Moore
Mardi Gras/Valentine
Mildred Annette Collins, dressed for the Valentine Ball, stared directly into Sabine's Polaroid camera with a stoic expression. It was a...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Dec 31, 2022
- 3 min
A New Year, A New Tradition
I like to include something new I've researched, at least once, in each novel. In the fourth book of the Meg Miller Cozy Mystery Series,...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Nov 18, 2022
- 2 min
Fig and Cheese, Yes Please
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...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Sep 9, 2022
- 3 min
Dedication for Birdie & Jude
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...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Nov 6, 2021
- 2 min
Sabine Series Revised
During the pandemic social isolation, I revised the very first novel I wrote, Sabine. I incorporated recommendations from critiques I...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Oct 17, 2021
- 2 min
Review of The Boys in the Boat
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...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Oct 8, 2021
- 3 min
Ryan's Song
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...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Aug 6, 2021
- 2 min
The Vista - Almond-Bacon Crostini
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...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
Caste, A Legacy Worthy of Change
Caste, The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson is a beautifully written history of racism in the United States, a chronology...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Jan 23, 2021
- 2 min
Crinkles of Molasses
This is actually a recipe for Molasses Crinkles, but I like Crinkles of Molasses better. I've had this recipe since Home Economics in...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Jan 1, 2021
- 3 min
An Unspoken Wish
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,...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Dec 23, 2020
- 2 min
Buenas Dias Muffins
When I had a bed and breakfast I served these muffins made with raisins. Now, I like making them with dried cranberries, especially...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Oct 29, 2020
- 1 min
Cold Weather Cooking
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...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Oct 24, 2020
- 2 min
Lookie, Lookie, Pumpkin Cookie
You ever think about something and BAM, it shows up? That's what happened on my Facebook timeline this morning. I found this pumpkin...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Aug 20, 2020
- 2 min
Bed & Breakfast Lime Cookies
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...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Aug 14, 2020
- 2 min
Zucchini Soup
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...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Jun 15, 2020
- 2 min
The Fun Uncle
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...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Apr 6, 2020
- 3 min
Pinterest for Social Isolation
A word about this graphic. My virtual friend, Maggie Anderson, is an author. She lives in Australia and saved this photo on Pinterest. I...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
Meg Miller's Cranberry Scones
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...
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Phyllis H. Moore
- Mar 29, 2020
- 2 min
Tom's Zucchini Soup
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...
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