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May 26, 2014
Memorial Day Wishes
Welcome back to Terry’s Place. Things are changing slowly. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’ll be resurrecting many of my “lost” posts. But today, please take time to thank those who put their lives on the line for us.
May 13, 2014
What’s Cooking Wednesday — Lazy Day Crockpot Ribs
It’s been
snowing here the last couple of days. Yes, even though it’s May. I’m rerunning a favorite crock pot recipe — one of the missing posts from my server failure.
In Deadly Puzzles, Mrs. Yardumian is enjoying a lazy day. Dinner’s in the crock pot, leaving her free to read, knit, and listen to music.
The cowbells clanged as he opened the door, classical music playing softly beneath their harsh interruption. Mrs. Yardumian sat by the fire, knitting, as she’d been when Gordon had...
May 12, 2014
In the Interview Room — Marilyn Meredith
Today I welcome Marilyn Meredith, who is also known as F. M. Meredith, to Terry’s Place.
Plotter or Pantser?
I’m a bit of both. The plotting I do is mainly figuring out who will get murdered, who wanted this person dead and why, and who all had the opportunity. Because the series is a police procedural there are always other crimes and I try to overlap them in one way or another. I figure out how I want to begin, and I came up with the perfect first sentence with this one:
Except for the dead bo...
May 11, 2014
Here’s an Update
As some of you know, I had a major system disaster with my web host provider, resulting in the loss of about two months of posts and website updates. (And yes, I’m in the process of ditching them and moving to another.)
Things I’ve learned:
Backup doesn’t always mean backup. As noted above, the host didn’t have anything after March 11th. I subscribe to my own blog, but after I get the email, I don’t bother to save it; I get it just to be alerted that the post has actually appeared. Yes, I do ha...
May 10, 2014
Sorry About That!
Somehow, my blog and website databases got corrupted, and the only backup the host could find was for March. I apologize for missing posts. I’m in the process of moving to a new website host, and am hopeful that things will get back to normal soon. However, according to my current web host, all blog posts after March 11th have disappeared, so there will be a huge gap.
