Yorkie Doodle Update
After I wrote a review of Yorkie Doodle Dandy (St. Thomas Dog Blog, April 2012), I got a lovely email from author Bill Wynne. Thank you so much for the wonderful…
Corrie Street Mar. 29/15
Portugal Roy was the most useful person in the leaving-for-Portugal saga. As usual. When the taxi was due to pick up Katy and Joseph, Ches was making chips in the…
Yorkie Doodle Dandy
I don’t know much about WWII, and even less about the American campaign in the South Pacific. I learned a lot, and felt it, reading about a Yorkshire Terrier. William…
Dog On It: Review
Dog on It is the first in a mystery series by Spencer Quinn, aka Peter Abrahams. The protagonists are Chet (dog) and Bernie (human). Set in the US Southwest, the…
Corrie Street Mar. 22/15
Wedding Bells-up If I were Gail, I think the bell would have gone off when Michael had a major hissy fit in the registry office. Yes, he had cause to…
The Tao of Horses
“If you knew a horse, you could depend on him and if he was going to do something bad, you could depend on him to do that too. I always…
Corrie Street Mar. 15/15
Reading Romance Anna Karenina is one of the best romance novels ever written. Yes, it is long. But the only explanation I can think of for the size of the…
‘Trifles’ of Creature Comfort
A 1916 play Trifles was written by American journalist Susan Glaspell. It is a murder mystery based on a real event in Iowa at the turn of the century. A…
Corrie Street Mar. 8/15
Snapshots A woman walks into the Rovers with Kevin. If you had never watched an episode and just turned on the tv at that moment, I think you would know…
Iditarod Murder: Review
A 1991 mystery novel by Sue Henry, the first in her Alaska Mystery series. Murder on the Iditarod Trail is good. Several murders. At first I thought she just wanted…
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