Readers

This kind of thing – a recent Amazon reviewer on Up On The Woof Top, the latest Chet and Bernie … Read More

Merry Christmas

Not long after that, we turned onto a single-lane road, a very unusual road paved with red and green bricks. … Read More

Joy

Keats – in Ode on a Grecian Urn – makes the point that the joy is in the anticipation. If … Read More

I-95 Driving Notes

Yesterday: here to Brooklyn – 7 hours. Today: return trip – 3 hours 50 minutes. And here’s a recent Up On … Read More

Ribbons and Bows

Here’s Archie “wrapping presents”, according to his human companion (a very good friend of mine). (And I really liked Rebecca’s … Read More

Beginnings

On Sunday we do beginnings. Since we’ve already done the beginning of Up On The Woof Top (the new Chet … Read More

Trilogy?

Could you call this a Christmas trilogy? (Hanukkah also plays a role.) Maybe not, since Santa 365 is a short … Read More

Chetish

Are the Chet and Bernie mysteries cozies? I would say no. The angle of entry is hardboiled, if I may … Read More

Beginnings

On Sunday we do beginnings, taking a look at the start of a Peter Abrahams novel, including those written under … Read More

Reindeer Games

“Where are they all?” “Who?” “Blitzen, Comet, all the rest of them. Have they gone missing, too?” “Oh, no. They … Read More