by Eric When it comes to literary cliches, I'm ambivalent. The ghosts of my English Literature professors cry out from the past to av...

by Mary Our ongoing saga of random conkings-out of household machinery restarted last month when one evening the loo began flushing itsel...

by Mary We are not two to boast, but a few years ago we outdid Herman Melville in that Three For A Letter features not one but two whales...

by Eric The pandemic has forced kids all over the country to learn from home, something technologically impossible when I went to school....

by Mary I must be one of only a handful of mystery writers who've been aboard a steam train held up by a gang of desperadoes on hors...

by Mary There were no Christmas railways for us, I fear, although we sometimes saw engines chugging along the lining running behind the ...

by Mary This is the time of year when those who celebrate Christmas will be setting up and decorating their festive tree. Many of our orna...