One for Mystery Readers
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Wednesday, November 03, 2010
A couple years ago, I mentioned my favorite mystery novelist, Dorothy L. Sayers.
Any mystery lovers out there want to talk mysteries again?
Along with Sayers, G.K. Chesterton, author of the famous Father Brown stories, is a top-notch mystery writer. P.D. James is also excellent. And I’m a fan of the culinary mysteries of Diane Mott Davidson - they’re not the same caliber as those other authors, but... READ MORE
Peek-a-Baby
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Dinner was nearly over, but Bryan and I were still finishing our food. Our hopping up multiple times during a meal to refill a milk cup or grab a napkin means that our kids often finish eating before we do, and tonight was no exception. Camilla had already been excused. The baby decided the remaining chunks of shrimp and pasta on his tray held no interest for him. He started grumping.
I could have... READ MORE
Stuck On You
Posted by Rachel Balducci in Family on Wednesday, March 11, 2009
It is the end of a very long day.
It has been a day of deadlines and carpools and even taking a pre-toddler to an open-casket wake. It has involved highs (meeting my folks and a few siblings for a family dinner) and lows (discovering someone had eaten a crunchy granola bar on the bed after the floor had been vacuumed) and we capped it all off by putting finishing details on one boy’s oceanic diorama.
In the midst of it all, as I reflect on the ups and downs of the day, the joy and the sadness, I am struck by one nagging question: is there anything that hot glue cannot do?
Whodunit?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Friday, October 31, 2008
This week I’m re-reading some of my favorite murder mysteries.
I picked them up because I needed distraction from reading and thinking about the upcoming election, but it’s just occurred to me that it’s strangely appropriate to be reading murder mysteries on Halloween.
You know, because they’re spooky and all that.
These mysteries are not really spooky, being rather more cerebral-type than thriller-type... READ MORE
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