You will never guess what I’m doing right now! By the time this entry posts, I should be on my way to Washington, DC. Yep! My husband and I are driving our daughter’s car out to DC for Thanksgiving. She left her car in our garage when she moved out there >>> thinking she wouldn’t want it. Now that she’s been living there for a few months, she has decided she’d rather not rely solely on the metro for everything.  And, since we enjoy visiting her, we’re on our way!

We felt a little bad about leaving our son in San Antonio to “hold down the fort” for us, but we see him so often we decided to take advantage of our daughter’s holiday off from work. Not that this makes up for leaving our son during the Thanksgiving holiday, but I stocked the freezer with some of his favorite things.  I have to admit I always feel a whole lot better with someone staying at the house when we travel.

I have downloaded the Cozy Mysteries that we will be listening to on our drive east. I decided that Tied Up in Tinsel by Ngaio Marsh and Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie are definite musts for a trip during the Thanksgiving holiday. Hopefully we’ll be able to finish them before we fly home.

I’ll continue to update the site while we are gone >>> I’m taking my laptop and my “tech guy” (husband) with me, so I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to check in almost every day.

Happy Halloween to ALL of you! I’m getting ready for the little ghosts and goblins who will be knocking, knocking, knocking at our door! And by ready, I mean I’m doing many taste-tests of the Butterfingers, Heath Bars, and the rest >>> just to be sure they’re up to my standards. (In other words, I made the mistake of opening the candy bags before 6:00 PM!)

October has been here and is ready to make its exit. Hope you all have enjoyed the month, and are ready for tonight’s festivities >>> whether you’re attending a Halloween party, are Trick-or-Treating, or are staying home to dole out the candy.

And, as a “P.S.” >>> don’t forget to roll your clocks back an hour >>> getting a extra hour to do what you most want to do!

This is a very sad time for the Cozy Mystery world. Joyce Lavene passed away yesterday. Most of us read at least one of her Cozy series which she co-wrote with her husband of forty four years, Jim Lavene. As a team they co-authored many, many Cozy Mystery series, both as Joyce and Jim Lavene and also as J.J. Cook and Ellie Grant.

Rest in Peace, Joyce. She will be sorely missed by many, and our sympathy goes out to Joyce’s family and friends.