by Clea | Aug 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
In his latest Dr. Siri mystery, The Curse of the Pogo Stick, (which I review in today’s Boston Globe) author Colin Cotterill has his Lao hero spend time with the Hmong hill tribes. Although he’s taken against his will, Dr. Siri finds himself thoroughly...
by Clea | Aug 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
Very smart essay by novelist Allegra Goodman from the Boston Globe.
by Clea | Aug 1, 2008 | Uncategorized
Do you think it was just coincidence that the second season of HBO’s “Mad Men” started on July 27, my birthday? After all, I am a redhead … though probably more Peggy (on the left) than JoanIf you have questions you’d like answered, check...
by Clea | Jul 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
“Anyone can herd cattle. Bringing in ten thousand half-wild shorthairs, that’s another thing altogether…” Sometimes a metaphor needs to be played out. A friend alerted me to this ad a while ago, I’ve finally found it on Youtube
by Clea | Jul 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
To add a dramatic element in Cries and Whiskers, my heroine’s cat, Musetta, gets lost. Turns out, she’s involved in some foul play – but for a brief moment, my heroine breathes easier knowing that her cat is microchipped. If Musetta is picked up or turned...
by Clea | Jul 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
We are sustained by our friendships, aren’t we? Even the casual ones that only gradually deepen through time and proximity? That’s the theme of Meg Clayton’s The Wednesday Sisters, a marvelous new novel about women who meet casually, when their kids...
