Apr 2, 2018 | Murder In a Small Town
Tonight, I received a nasty and hurtful email because of a recent post on this blog concerning the Stacey Burns murder case. The message attacked my motivation, my integrity, and my character. The source is one close enough to the case for me to know that what was...
Mar 30, 2018 | The Fallacy of Closure (and more)
I’m excited to see my new book now available for sale in paperback, with e-book to follow soon. Check out my Amazon page to order. I’ll post more specific information. Here’s a portion of the blurbs about the book on the back cover. “Highly...
Mar 26, 2018 | Programs/Presentations|The Writing Process
At the Tucson Festival of Books, I met Terry Lee Marzell, author of Chalkboard Champions, and a retired educator, school librarian, and public speaker. Her outstanding book about a number of remarkable teachers is available on Amazon and other outlets as well...
Mar 20, 2018 | Murder In a Small Town
Almost eight years ago, I held my first interview for my book about the Stacey Burns murder. It was not an official interview. I did not bring a recording device, and after fifteen minutes, I stopped trying to write notes and simply listened. The...
Mar 12, 2018 | Murder In a Small Town
With no comment, here is a poem, submitted and published anonymously but with permission, about the state of Stacey Burns’s house the night she was murdered. ‘Find Me In The Dark’. I sleep up stairs, over here in this room towards the back of the...
Mar 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Well, I’ve finally taken the advice of family, friends, acquaintances, and even a few strangers on the street! This is gone! This it the replacement. Now, if, in a Green Valley moment, I forget to put my feet down, I won’t fall over. It’s a 2005 PT...
Mar 7, 2018 | Works in Progress
The upcoming anthology, The Fallacy of Closure, includes a personal essay titled The Dream. It contains a number of anecdotes about our days as the owners of Beaver Hollow Campground in Ossipee, New Hampshire. This sign, with our mascot, “Eager Beaver,”...
Mar 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
In yesterday’s post, portions, for whatever reason, were left out. This is a repeat of that paragraph with the missing words. Today, I share a portion of a comment to a post from a week ago. It just gives us an important fact to remember in the killing of Stacey...
Mar 5, 2018 | Murder In a Small Town|Works in Progress
Today, I share a portion of a comment to a post from a week ago. It just gives us an important fact to remember in the killing of Stacey Burns. I thought it bears emphasizing. “What people fail to realize is that we are not looking for a killer; we are looking...
Feb 25, 2018 | Murder In a Small Town
Today I offer apologies to any who may have taken my last post as a message that people have stopped caring about Stacey Burns and her murder case. I know, and have been reminded of such, that many, many people in Stacey’s circle of family and friends care...