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Prunus SerotinaMy Grandfather’s Cherry Tree By Francine Paino, AKA F. Della Notte A 2010 study published in The American Journal of...
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A Mind UnhingedPosted by Kathy Waller So you start writing your post about the incomparable Josephine Tey’s mystery novels two weeks before...
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Closely Observedby Helen Currie Foster When you read a passage and experience words that strikes home forcefully–so forcefully that you almost...
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THE POWER OF THE UNKNOWNby Francine Paino, a.k.a. F. Della Notte Readers, what’s your pleasure? Do you prefer romance, adventure, family sagas, historical...
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I’ve Been Waterin’ the YahdBy M. K. Waller The following post appeared on my personal blog, Telling the Truth, Mainly, in April 2022. But the story of my writing...
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THE NAME OF THE ROSE IS—wait, how do you pronounce that?BY HELEN CURRIE FOSTER April 1! It’s spring, with a riot of bluebonnets this year. Plus paintbrush! Winecup! Verbena! Prairie...
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ALL THE MAGIC IS NOT ON STAGEBy Francine Paino, a.k.a. F. Della Notte I love movies, and I’m sure there are plenty of difficulties for actors to keep the...
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True Crime: Update on the Poff Caseby Kathy Waller In November 2019, a Texas woman was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for mailing explosive devices to...
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A Little Burro TherapyBy Helen Currie Foster The three burros who live with Alice MacDonald Greer, lawyer/amateur sleuth protagonist of my Texas...
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MY CREATIVE KITCHEN – Conversations with my MuseFrancine Paino a.k.a. F. Della Notte I sat with my cup of café e latte and looked around. The paper with the picture on the kitchen table...
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“I Should Write That Down…Now Where Did I Put It?”The Joy of a Commonplace Book By Laura Oles I can’t tell you how many times I’ve come across a quote, an idea or something else I...
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Helen Currie Foster, January 15, 2024“But at my back I always hear time’s wingèd chariot drawing near…” (Andrew Marvell, 1621-1678) Today in pre-dawn darkness,...
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A CHRISTMAS WISHFRANCINE PAINO A.K.A. F. DELLA NOTTE So this is Christmas – And what have you done? So begins the first verse of...
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She Never GraduatedBy Laura Oles “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” While there is some debate as to whether this...
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Thanksgiving–for Books Rereadby Helen Currie Foster Now and then, when I sneak a book off the shelf, glancing around to be sure no one notices it’s a children’s...
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My Dirty Little Secretby K.P. Gresham Up to now, I’ve avoided a particular phrase in describing my Pastor Matt Hayden Mystery Series. And the secret is…I...
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THE WITCHING HOURS OF HALLOWEENIt’s time…for ghosts, goblins, witches, warlocks , and, of course, the dead . It’s Halloween. But what was it about in ancient times, and...
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THE PULL OF EMPTY SPACESby Helen Currie Foster ~October 17,2023 Last week, trudging up a rocky trail to an abandoned abbey high above an Italian valley in...
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BOWLING AND PIN-MONKEYSBy Francine Paino, aka F. Della Notte Mundane worlds can become amazing when writers are plunged into them. Looking through old family...
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When the Character Steps off the Page…by Helen Currie Foster You go to a play, you’re reading the program, you’re waiting for the curtain to go up. It does. And onstage...
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MURDER, MAYHEM, CRIMEAND THE GRANDE DAMES OF MYSTERY Reprint by Francine Paino AKA F. Della Notte Originally submitted in 2021, I thought the s tory of...
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Getting Unstuckby Laura Oles As a writer, I sometimes find myself struggling through periods of being stuck and working my way out of it. Like that...
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OUR SENSES: THE WORLD BETWEEN PAGE ONE AND “THE END”by Helen Currie Foster Aren’t there two keys to your enjoyment of a mystery? (1) Whether you like the protagonist(s), and (2)...
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To Thine Own Self Be TrueBy K.P. Gresham When I start a new mystery novel, there are a lot of decisions that must be made. Is someone going to die?...
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Dust Bunnies+Cat Hair=MurderBy Francine Paino, AKA F. Della Notte I would love to ignore housework, but it is a necessary evil. From early childhood, I was raised...
