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My Prerogative to Change My Mind…

June 14, 2011

I think it was only the middle of May when I wrote that my husband and I had decided not to visit our daughter while she interned in Washington, D. C. this summer. Well— that was last month! This month we have changed our minds, and are both looking forward to our mini-vacation. [Lucky for us that our son will be able to take care of our puppy, Sprite. As I have written before >>> She has become VERY finicky at her age -16 1/2 years old!]

Earlier this year, my husband thought that he was going to retire, which meant we would put off taking little trips during the year, until he retired. But he has since then decided not to retire, which means we can take a few days off here and there.

We visited all of the local places that meant a lot to us during our trip last year:  Two houses we had lived in, and places we took the children when they were little. This year, with all of the sentimental places already “taken care of”>>> We are going to sort of wing-it, and go wherever we want. My husband has been talking about Charlottesville, Virginia, including Monticello. Now that we don’t have little children, we are able to go places that would truly bore little ones.

I’m looking forward to finding out which places we “wing-it” to, but mostly, I’m looking forward to spending time with our daughter.

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“Do You Prefer to Be Right or Happy?”

June 12, 2011

Hmmm… I’m in a pensive mood! As this is a time when I am just sitting around thinking, and then thinking some more, I’m going to share some quotes I’ve had written down for a while… for times like this when I am in a thoughtful mood:

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” (Abraham Lincoln)

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” (Abraham Lincoln)

“Experience is what you get, when you don’t get what you wanted.” (Randy Pausch)

“Rejection is life’s protection.” (Alice Hunt)

Question: How are you?
Answer: Better than I deserve to be.

On tombstone: “I told you I was sick.”

How about you? Do you have any favorite quotes/thoughts?

PS>>> I’m working on taking the HAPPY over the RIGHT… but sometimes it’s just plain tough!

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Mystery Books with Mothers as Sleuths (Single, Married, Widowed, or Divorced)

June 10, 2011

Barbara recently asked:

… Does anyone know of another cozy series where the lead character is a woman (single, divorced, or married) with kids?… I was wondering if there was another cozy series where the “heroine” has children. Thanks for any input…

Here is a list of mystery books that feature Mothers as Sleuths. These moms are either single, married, widowed, or divorced. I have only listed the authors who can be found on the Cozy Mystery site…

Susan Wittig Albert: China Bayles Herbal Mystery Series

Laura Alden: PTA Mystery Series

Donna Andrews: Meg Langslow Mystery Series

C. C. Benison: Father Christmas Mystery Series (Tom Christmas is a widowed father.)

Kate Borden: Peggy Jean Turner Mystery Series

Dorothy Cannell: Ellie Haskell Mystery Series

Kaye George (aka Janet Cantrell): Imogene Duckworthy Mystery Series

Nora Charles (aka Noreen Wald): Kate Kennedy Mystery Series

Jill Churchill: Jane Jeffry Mystery Series

E. J. Copperman (aka Jeffrey Cohen): Haunted Guesthouse Mystery Series

Deborah Crombie: Kincaid & James Mystery Series

Mary Daheim: Hillside Manor Bed & Breakfast Mystery Series

Diane Mott Davidson: Goldy Bear Mystery Series

Carola Dunn: Daisy Dalrymple Mystery Series

Nancy Fairbanks (aka Nancy Herndon): Culinary Food Writer Mystery Series

Sharon Fiffer: Jane Wheel Mystery Series

Yasmine Galenorn (aka India Ink): Chintz ‘n China Mystery Series

Sarah Graves: Home Repair is Homicide Mystery Series

Kerry Greenwood: Phryne Fisher Mystery Series

Terris McMahan Grimes: Theresa Galloway Mystery Series

Joan Hess: Claire Malloy Mystery Series

Lee Hollis: Hayley Powell Food & Cocktail Mystery Series

Jane Isenberg: Bel Barrett Mystery Series

J. A. Jance:Joanna Brady Mystery Series

Alice Kimberly (aka Cleo Coyle): Haunted Bookshop Mystery Series

Evan Marshall: Jane Stuart & Winky Mystery Series

Tamar Myers: Den of Antiquity Mystery Series

Diana Orgain: Maternal Instincts Mystery Series

Katherine Hall Page: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series

Sara Rosett: Mom Zone Mystery Series

Cindy Sample: Laurel McKay Mystery Series

Joanna Campbell Slan: Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-n-Craft Mystery Series

Sarah Stohmeyer: Hairdresser Mystery Series

Teresa Trent: Pecan Bayou Mystery Series

Elaine Viets: Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper Mystery Series

If you can think of any other sleuths who are mothers of children still at home, please post a comment.

PS>>>> GOOD GRIEF!!!! How about my Stay-at-Home Moms Mystery Series?!?

You would think I could have remembered this theme!!! My excuse is that I wrote it in April of 2008>>> which clearly is not a valid excuse! But, in all fairness, this is not limited to Stay-at-Home Moms. For example, Kate Borden’s Peggy Jean Turner is the mayor of her town AND Diane Mott Davidson’s Goldy Bear runs a successful catering business. Claire Malloy (Joan Hess) is the owner of a book store. So for a more in-depth list of Mothers as Sleuths, you could incorporate both of these themes…

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July 2011 Mystery Book New Releases

June 8, 2011

The following Mystery Books will be Released in July 2011:

Jeff Abbott: Adrenaline (This will be the 1st in the NEW Sam Capra Thriller Series…)

Susan Wittig Albert: The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies (This will be the 2nd in the Darling Dahlias Mystery Series…)

Donna Andrews: The Real Macaw (This will be the 13th in the Meg Langslow Mystery Series…)

Annette Blair: Skirting the Grave (This will be the 4th in the Vintage Magic Mystery Series…)

Alys Clare: The Rose of the World (This will be the 13th in the Hawkenlye Mystery Series…)

Sheila Connolly (aka Sarah Atwell): Let’s Play Dead (This will be the 2nd in the Museum Mystery Series…)

Bill Crider: The Wild Hog Murders (This will be the 18th in the Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mystery Series…)

Kate Ellis: Kissing the Demons (This will be the 3rd in the Joe Plantagenet Mystery Series…)

P. L. Gaus: Harmless as Doves (This will be the 7th in the Ohio Amish Country Mystery Series…)

Patricia M. Hale: How to Moon a Cat (This will be the 3rd in the Cats and Curios Mystery Series…)

Reginald Hill (aka Patrick Ruell): The Woodcutter (This will be a Stand Alone…)

Suzette A. Hill: A Bedlam of Bones (This will be the 5th in the Reverend Oughterard Mystery Series…)

J. A. Jance: Betrayal of Trust (This will be the 20th in the J. P. Beaumont Mystery Series…)

Victoria Laurie: Vision Impossible (This will be the 9th in the Psychic Eye Mystery Series…)

Laura Levine: Pampered to Death (This will be the 10th in the Jaine Austen Mystery Series…)

Ada Madison (aka Camille Minichino & Margaret Grace): The Square Root of Murder (This will be the 1st in the NEW Sophie Knowles Mystery Series…)

Jenn McKinlay (aka Lucy Lawrence): Books Can Be Deceiving (This will be the 1st in the NEW Library Lover’s Mystery Series…)

Cricket McRae: Wined and Died (This will be the 5th in the Home Crafting Mystery Series…)

Perri O’Shaughnessy: Dreams of the Dead (This will be the 13th in the Nina Reilly Mystery Series…)

David Rosenfelt: One Dog Night (This will be the 9th in the Andy Carpenter Mystery Series…)

Margaret Truman: Monument to Murder (This will be the 16th in the Capital Crimes Mystery Series…)

Melinda Wells (aka Linda Palmer): Pie à la Murder (This will be the 4th in the Della Cooks Mystery Series…)

Patricia Wynn: A Killing Frost (This will be the 4th in the Blue Satan Mystery Series…)

***No Rest for the Dead (One mystery novel written by 26 Best Selling Mystery Authors – Including: Jeff Abbot, Jeffery Deaver, J. A. Jance, Faye Kellerman, Lisa Scottoline, Alexander McCall Smith, Kathy Reichs, Marcia Talley, w/introduction by David Baldacci)

♦To go back to the Cozy Mystery New Book Release page, click here.♦

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