by Clea | Feb 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
People often ask where I get my ideas. Now I have a perfect story to tell them!Last week, I sent an advance reading copy (bound galley) of “Probable Claws” off to a woman who runs a website on cozy mysteries. This week, I followed up to make sure she had...
by Clea | Jan 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
just back in from an hour of trying to break up the ice dams in front of our house. the snow has turned to rain and it was getting deep and my neighbor Peter and I were out there, trying to chip away. now my hands are all cramped, but it was a really nice change from...
by Clea | Jan 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Musetta has moved back into my office!I don’t know why, but for about a month, my beloved cat had not been sitting with me when I worked. Was I too loud? Was there a draft (I mean, a new one) in this old house? Was it something I said?For whatever reason,...
by Clea | Jan 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
I love living in Cambridge. I was walking into Inman Square. Had my head down to look for icy patches, and suddenly I see a movement to my right. There, sitting on a fence, was a hawk, eating a pigeon. He looked at me – we were just about eye level – as if...
by Clea | Jan 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Just took a break to watch the swearing in and listen to President Obama’s speech. Oh, it’s fun to say that!Just got the text of Obama’s inaugural speech: Read it here.
by Clea | Jan 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
No, this is not my big announcement, but I have to write this.One of the perks of my life is that my husband often brings home books to me. Books he thinks I might like to review, or books that he is pretty sure he won’t want to assign for review but that...