We didn’t get allowances. My mom was not a fan. We were offered rewards for jobs well done. Get an A in spelling–sigh, always a long shot for me. Or help a neighbor. The point was we had to earn the reward. The rewards were rarely cash. It was more like a trip to the doll…
Tag: Sisters In Crime
TENACIOUS
Is there picture showing more tenacity than that of a dog with a bone? Our Irish terrier pup, with wolf teeth and paws that remind me of Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are monsters, can take a ten inch bone and reduce it to nothingness in less than one day…when she wants to. And yes,…
pANDEMIC LIFE 2
This pandemic life has changed us. We are mostly housebound since Tom’s hospitalization in 2017 for a spinal cord injury. Oh, we can travel, get out, but that is limited. But now, no gym, no lunches, no shopping, no Mass, the lack of socialization is impactful. So, the huge benefit of pandemic life, for me,…
Murder We Write
Today, just five minutes from my house, which was a first, I went to the 3rd annual SinC networking luncheon, put on by the Murder We Write, SinC, Triad Chapter. I first joined Sisters in Crime back in 2005, I think. It was fun to buy a book like The Book of Poisons, or Forensics for…