tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.comments2024-02-02T08:57:04.129-05:00Mary Reed and Eric MayerMary or Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17210964762989092658noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-62323130119523910832023-06-21T16:19:17.541-04:002023-06-21T16:19:17.541-04:00Good to hear this. And, yes, if you resume bloggin...Good to hear this. And, yes, if you resume blogging let me know because I'll be reading.Mary or Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17210964762989092658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-73396667669914878092023-06-21T15:48:56.043-04:002023-06-21T15:48:56.043-04:00I hope to resurrect the blog. Will be sure to send...I hope to resurrect the blog. Will be sure to send you a link if it happens. I have been well. Sold my house and am living in a senior community about 3 miles from my former home. All community related things - shopping, library, etc - remained the same. It was a good decision.Woodstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320973238921011125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-47522278038939694962023-06-21T15:33:12.341-04:002023-06-21T15:33:12.341-04:00Good to hear from you after so long. I miss your ...Good to hear from you after so long. I miss your blog. Hope things are going well. <br /><br />Interesting memories. Your sojourn in Iowa reminds me of the cottage my family lived in during the summer when I was very young. Electricity but no running water (hand pump outside) or interior plumbing (outhouse). It was by a lake and was, for a kid, paradise. I doubt if it would have seemed so pleasant in the winter.Mary or Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17210964762989092658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-49609344743859905962023-06-20T16:46:03.356-04:002023-06-20T16:46:03.356-04:00Interesting that I should stumble on your blog abo...Interesting that I should stumble on your blog about memory, because what made me look was remembering your comments on the blog I used to maintain.<br />My earliest memories are from the years 1944-47, when my mother, my little sister and I followed my father around as the US Navy trained him in the war time effort.<br />Lots of trains on lots of platforms. I recall that a diesel locomotive was an item of novelty for the adults waiting on the platform of the day. Most of the engines were still steam powered.<br />A black and white floor with small hexagonal tiles - my dad told me it was the bathroom in an apartment in Yonkers, NY.<br />My grandfather playing Santa Claus. Grandpa had a thick Polish accent, but I was completely taken in. I was very disappointed that Grandpa didn't get to meet Santa.<br />And early days in small town Iowa, where we lived with my grandmother in a house that did have central heat, but no running water and no interior plumbing. My sister and I were in heaven in the semi rural landscape. All the freedom to run and explore. My mother was not so enamoured.Woodstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320973238921011125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-91646540129750168322020-10-10T13:00:28.685-04:002020-10-10T13:00:28.685-04:00I agree, it's am amazingly apt description, an...I agree, it's am amazingly apt description, and thought-provoking...tha part about the mystery being both a prison and a refuge...Jane Finnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067487486198766145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-6998750246963006352020-10-10T12:45:02.363-04:002020-10-10T12:45:02.363-04:00Jane, you really brought home everything that I en...Jane, you really brought home everything that I enjoy about reading short stories. I love Margery Allingham's definition, particularly the "Element of Satisfaction" in the conclusion. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06934133244949993872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-86440495220767124552020-01-27T16:43:26.163-05:002020-01-27T16:43:26.163-05:00Just discovered your John the Eunuch Mysteries. Is...Just discovered your John the Eunuch Mysteries. 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This is a new Thorndyke for...Thanks for the review. This is a new Thorndyke for me, and I see it is available on Kindle. Margaret Morsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09412328406600086631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-82374707260548533542017-05-10T14:12:16.111-04:002017-05-10T14:12:16.111-04:00Hopefully they won't and if they do better at ...Hopefully they won't and if they do better at the wall than at you. :)<br /><br />My feeling is that although we ought to do our best to be historically accurate, fiction writers' main job is to tell a good story. Readers primarily interested in history shouldn't substitute fiction for real histories.Mary or Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17210964762989092658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-56557949793465641052017-05-10T13:07:20.611-04:002017-05-10T13:07:20.611-04:00Love that last line - especially since I played wi...Love that last line - especially since I played with a few facts in my latest novel, The Last Witnesses. There's a certain part where I'm terrified that historians are going to groan and throw the book at the wall.Anne Louise Bannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844017684648850896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-21462711157677784402017-03-27T09:55:53.373-04:002017-03-27T09:55:53.373-04:00Interesting post. I've seen several of Doyle&#...Interesting post. I've seen several of Doyle's books on the paranormal, but I haven't come across these short stories. After your review, I'm curious to read and compare them to the Holmes stories.Susan Oleksiwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693057997469296068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-13074396908162252422017-03-14T16:52:50.502-04:002017-03-14T16:52:50.502-04:00Thanks for the review. This is a new Hilda Adams a...Thanks for the review. This is a new Hilda Adams adventure for me. Margaret Morsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09412328406600086631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-72962816531911218872017-02-19T16:08:28.386-05:002017-02-19T16:08:28.386-05:00Thanks for this. I find Van Dine in general overly...Thanks for this. I find Van Dine in general overly wordy; perhaps this second-stage novel will be more pleasing to my eyes.Eleanorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671899653158663965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-73425338242219593952017-02-19T12:41:35.852-05:002017-02-19T12:41:35.852-05:00I enjoyed this review. This is one of the Van Dine...I enjoyed this review. This is one of the Van Dine books that I haven't read, so I'm going to remedy that as soon as possible. Pattie @ Olla-Podridahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17347912758342365514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-25120287575432768092017-02-08T21:14:29.890-05:002017-02-08T21:14:29.890-05:00Thanks for this review. I was not familiar with th...Thanks for this review. I was not familiar with this author.Margaret Morsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09412328406600086631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-33438201238578144592016-11-02T08:56:01.759-04:002016-11-02T08:56:01.759-04:00Thanks for the review. By the way, the book is cur...Thanks for the review. By the way, the book is currently (Nov 2, behind in reading DorothyL) free on Kindle.Margaret Morsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09412328406600086631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-58553539692772167182016-09-04T11:50:20.690-04:002016-09-04T11:50:20.690-04:00Funny. When I think of the Cherwell and classic my...Funny. When I think of the Cherwell and classic mystery, it's Ms. Sayers Gaudy Night that I think of. I keep forgetting that the Cherwell is a real river in England.Anne Louise Bannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844017684648850896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-73714072847943312252016-08-28T13:54:03.678-04:002016-08-28T13:54:03.678-04:00An excellent and very fair review. And yes, those ...An excellent and very fair review. And yes, those early Bude books are really valuable!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-11277979362211178222016-08-16T18:32:32.742-04:002016-08-16T18:32:32.742-04:00Sounds interesting. I had not heard of this author...Sounds interesting. I had not heard of this author before.Margaret Morsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09412328406600086631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094473361327998684.post-73702370366503105702016-05-30T14:27:59.999-04:002016-05-30T14:27:59.999-04:00Enjoyed your review.Enjoyed your review.Margaret Morsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09412328406600086631noreply@blogger.com