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April 4, 2023
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THE FISHERMAN’S TOMB
The True Story of the Vatican’s Secret Search
By John O’Neill
Francine Paino AKA F. Della Notte
In novels, mystery often equates with danger. Whether in fiction or reality, it requires determination, dedication, and a willingness to face the unknown, which can be dangerous on many levels.
In The Fisherman’s Tomb, by John O’Neill, the quest to find the bones of the man…
THE COURAGE TO SOLVE A GREAT MYSTERY
THE FISHERMAN’S TOMB
The True Story of the Vatican’s Secret Search
By John O’Neill
Francine Paino AKA F. Della Notte
In novels, mystery often equates with danger. Whether in fiction or reality, it requires determination, dedication, and a willingness to face the unknown, which can be dangerous on many levels.
In The Fisherman’s Tomb, by John O’Neill, the quest to find the bones of the man…
March 13, 2023
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So what are you planting this spring?
I’d love to hear.
by Helen Currie Foster
“MARCH MADNESS”? In the Texas Hill Country, “March Madness” doesn’t only mean NCAA basketball. Its alternate form: Demented Spring Gardening. Too early, you say? Well, according to the snakes, spring’s already here.
Of course it’s not officially spring yet. Just three weeks ago, here north of Dripping Springs, Texas, the entire landscape—every tree, every leaf–was…
March Madness?!
So what are you planting this spring?
I’d love to hear.
by Helen Currie Foster
“MARCH MADNESS”? In the Texas Hill Country, “March Madness” doesn’t only mean NCAA basketball. Its alternate form: Demented Spring Gardening. Too early, you say? Well, according to the snakes, spring’s already here.
Of course it’s not officially spring yet. Just three weeks ago, here north of Dripping Springs, Texas, the entire landscape—every tree, every leaf–was…
March 5, 2023
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by M.K. Waller
You had a dream Well, I had one too … You tell me your dreamAnd I’ll tell you mine.—Albert H. Brown, Charles N. Daniels, Seymour Rice, “You Tell Me Your Dream”
Remorse–is Memory–Awake—Emily Dickinson
British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge had a dream. In October of 1797, after reading about the summer capital of the Yuan dynasty of China founded by Kubla Khan, he had an…
Dream of Mystery, Mnemosyne, and Miserable Truth
by M.K. Waller
You had a dream Well, I had one too … You tell me your dreamAnd I’ll tell you mine.—Albert H. Brown, Charles N. Daniels, Seymour Rice, “You Tell Me Your Dream”
Remorse–is Memory–Awake—Emily Dickinson
British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge had a dream. In October of 1797, after reading about the summer capital of the Yuan dynasty of China founded by Kubla Khan, he had an…
February 27, 2023
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By K.P. Gresham
Believe it or not, the mystery novel is considered a “young” form of literature. Yep, that’s right. Mystery fiction didn’t exist before 19th century England. Many suggest two reasons why this was the case. First, the ability to read was now reaching “below” the upper class educated citizens. Farmers and factory workers and children were being taught to read. Secondly, back then,…
An Early History of the Mystery Novel
By K.P. Gresham
Believe it or not, the mystery novel is considered a “young” form of literature. Yep, that’s right. Mystery fiction didn’t exist before 19th century England. Many suggest two reasons why this was the case. First, the ability to read was now reaching “below” the upper class educated citizens. Farmers and factory workers and children were being taught to read. Secondly, back then,…
February 21, 2023
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Francine Paino A.K.A F. Della Notte
Mardi Gras! The wild celebrations and not-so-good behaviors that have come to be associated with Fat Tuesday take place on the last day before the solemn period of Lent begins for Christians around the world.
In the fourth century, when Christianity became recognized in Rome, church leaders incorporated the ingrained pagan Roman festival of Lupercalia,…
