Monthly Archives: September 2013

The Book Festival –Women in Suspense

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Marion

Sue Olson McCullough moderated the Women in Suspense panel. Sue rounded up three successful mystery/suspense writers from the San Francisco Bay Area; one with seven books under her belt; another with two series going and a third who just published … Continue reading →

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Neither Rain nor Sleet… The Sonoma County Book Festival Goes On

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Marion

A few small raindrops fell on my head as I walked from the parking structure across the Santa Rosa Junior College’s velvety green lawn. A short distance away I could see the white tops of awnings. A flock of blue … Continue reading →

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All’s Faire; Birds of a Different Feather

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Marion

  I love the birds of prey. I probably spent half an hour there talking to the man from Airstrike Bird Control, who makes a living with his birds by taking them to vineyards (to drive away starlings), landfills (to … Continue reading →

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All’s Faire; Release the Hounds

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Marion

I love the dogs who attend this event, both the gargantuan wolfhounds and the slender, elegant lurchers. Zarthustra — or “Z” as we like to call him — is an Irish Wolfhound. Brekkan is a lurcher. Lurchers are mixed breed … Continue reading →

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All’s Faire; Build One in Your Own Backyard!

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Marion

Trebuchet loaded and ready to fire. I think every sixth grader should learn how to build a trebuchet. Think of all the school subjects you could weave in; mathematics, physics, history, woodshop. Plus, after the apocalypse, you’d have someone who … Continue reading →

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All’s Faire

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Marion

  God Save the Queen Five things you can do at the Shakespeare festival in Sebastopol, the second weekend of September; 1)pet a lurcher; 2) fire a trebuchet; 3) listen to Elizabethan music, 4) buy stuff; 5) look at a … Continue reading →

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Claire deWitt and the City of the Dead

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Marion

I hadn’t read anything by Sara Gran until I picked up Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead out of the 50% off bin. Perhaps, like Claire DeWitt’s introduction to detection, it was meant to be. Claire DeWitt is … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 10, 2013 by Marion

  I searched through Santa Rosa’s parched desert, I wandered, disconsolate, among the chilled-air corridors of Best Buy, seeking a device that apparently their artificers no longer fabricate, or not in the particulars I required. I hied myself to my … Continue reading →

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The Writers Conference: Open Mike Night

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Marion

Friday morning Josh asked if any of us were going to read at Open Mike that night. Three of us raised our hands; Linda, Margit and me. “Let me give you some tips for reading,” Josh said. “Tip Number One; … Continue reading →

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The Pain of Research

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Marion

I’m writing, well, trying to write a short story that includes bee hives and honeycombs. Last Sunday while I walked to the farmers’ market I realized I needed to research how beekeepers pull frames from the hives, and how they … Continue reading →

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