“Probably should,” she responds as she looks over the edge of her reading glasses at me, and then glances back down at the crossword puzzle she’s working. “Give me a six-letter word for ridiculous.” I search the recesses of my brain and spit out a word. “Absurd.” Ms. Markie...
My day that was as typical as they can be for mid-August. A day that started with sleeping in followed by lazily working on the crossword then moved to spending a few hours outside in the flower beds and time with my chickens. This evening the kids stopped by on the back end of ...
Happily sipping her whiskey, compiling crossword puzzles, and swimming in the Thames. It’s this last activity that sparked Judith’s newest pursuit – murder investigation, as she nearly witnessed the murder of her neighbor….An event that leads Judith into not only investigating the crime but...
As we crossed the line the crowd was shocked into silence. Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy horse by two seconds!? I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day. At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds, I’d always come out a winner if I wanted something...