Doing nothing?

Aug 23, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town|Uncategorized

A statement in the previous post needs clarification. I said that sometimes doing the right thing is enough to make a difference. I believe that statement to be true but there is an obvious opposite to it. Not doing the right thing also is enough to make a difference....

A tale told by an idiot?-not!

Aug 19, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town

William Shakespeare in Macbeth provides us with this pessimistic view of life. “It is a tale told by an idiot,” Macbeth says, “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” Most of us will not identify with this viewpoint. We’d prefer to...

Seriously?

Aug 13, 2015 | Uncategorized

Seriously? You have a motorcycle? At your age? I love this new catchword for “you must be kidding!” People who know me well are aware of my extreme discomfort around deep water yet my birth sign is Pisces. Seriously? You’re a Pisces? Over the course...

An extreme act!

Aug 8, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town

Murder as an extreme act-one of my favorite fictional characters is Inspector Harry Hole (pronounced Holy) in the series by Jo Nesbo. He’s been mentioned in this blog once before. He is always on target with his observations as so many fictional characters are....

Might never be solved!

Aug 4, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town

The murder of Stacey Burns may be solved but then again, may never be solved. This observation comes from (using the journalistic cliché) “an informed source very close to the investigation.” The point of this post is to open a discussion about the...