by Mary Dining by candlelight sounds romantic but not when there's been no power for almost a week. Such was the case when the 1978...

by Eric Out here in the Pennsylvania mountains winter comes down like old age. Everything creaks: the walls at night; the stairs as I car...

by Eric When I was small my grandmother read me the story of Scuppers the Sailor Dog. The Little Golden book, written by Margaret Wise Br...

by Mary This is the time of year when assorted versions of Dickens' seasonal masterpiece A Christmas Carol vie for space on TV and st...

by Mary Years ago, a friend who lived in the Middle East at the time mentioned she had met another expat who worked for the BBC. who obse...

by Eric Dreams are funny things. Or maybe not. I never wake up laughing. Screaming is another matter. I'm not sure why I never have fu...

by Eric Not to give too much away, but in our Byzantine mysteries the murderer is rarely turned over to the authorities. Rather, our dete...