New York City, Again

May 25, 2022

My sister, Linda, and I already had our tickets for a show, and our flight to New York, when I was told I was the recipient of the Raven Award. I don’t usually go to NY three times in six weeks. This trip was phenomenal, though. We flew on American from...

New York, New York

May 07, 2022

I promised you pictures and the story of my recent trip to New York City to receive the Raven Award from Mystery Writers of America. There were other moments in the trip, too. I flew into New York on Wednesday, April 27. The Marriott Marquis Times Square was the hotel...

Museums & Broadway – Trying Again

March 23, 2022

Well, let’s see what happens on this computer. Unfortunately, if everything goes well, that means I need to get a new laptop at home. (sigh) I stopped just as I was mentioning the Morgan Library & Museum with its current Holbein exhibit. The weather on...

A Teaser & Frustration

March 22, 2022

If people bother to have a bucket list, it’s usually an entire list of things they want to do before they die. I only have one bucket item at a time, not even a list. I wanted to go to Ireland.. My sister, Linda, and her husband and I went six years ago. Ireland...

Betrayal on the Bowery by Kate Belli

October 12, 2021

As much as I liked Kate Belli’s debut Gilded Gotham mystery, Deception by Gaslight, I did say she was caught up a little too much in details in that first book. I can’t say that about Betrayal on the Bowery. The historical details are still there, but...