“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” Robert A. Heinlein, American sci-fi author Cats are a mystery to me. Why this is so is less difficult to assess. Once, in the 1930s, a cat sunk its claws into my grandmother's hosiery and… Continue reading … on little cat feet
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After a long career writing for local newspapers — and, on rare occasions, for publications such as The Washington Post — Nora is enjoying a second wind as an innkeeper. She still blogs and does writing projects of special interest. She lives in Appalachia with her husband and a dog named Finn, who is beside himself with joy when the family's daughters have college breaks.
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Click here to read Chapter 36. Scroll to the bottom of the link to access earlier chapters. Chapter 36 is live and remains a free read thanks to Weelunk magazine and an arts patron. Only four more chapters to go! A quick look: Allie has another visitor. This one is less welcome and then some.
A house in order
“I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.” Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher Our home sits in a neighborhood in which the average age of dwellings is about 100 years. People in some places of the world might not think a thing of such… Continue reading A house in order
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Click here to read Chapter 35. Scroll to the bottom of the link to access earlier chapters. Chapter 35 is live and free for the reading thanks to an arts patron and Weelunk magazine. A quick look: Real life is looming once more. Allie still has a job on top of everything else that's on… Continue reading “Suspended Aggravation” Chapter 35 live, FREE
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Click here to access Chapter 34. Scroll to the bottom of the link to access earlier chapters. Chapter 34 is live and free for the reading thanks to an arts patron and Weelunk magazine. A quick look: Allie gets a first look at her new home. And, could another romance be brewing elsewhere in Wheeling?
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