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Author Archives: Brenda Buchanan
How a Post-Pandemic Road Trip is like Writing a Book
This past weekend my spouse and I set doubt and fear aside and took a road trip. Like many others who live distant from kin, it had been a too long since we’d seen our families in person. We kept … Continue reading
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Tagged Kathy Lynn Emerson, Maine Crime Wave, New England Crime Bake, road trips, writing
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Writing After The Pandemic
I’ve been thinking lately about a literature class I took in high school that focused on the work of some of the most well-known writers of the early twentieth century. While the old-school denizens of the English Department marched us … Continue reading
The Remarkable Margaret Maron
When I met Margaret Maron at Bouchercon in Raleigh in October, 2015, I not only had a fan girl moment, I announced to her that I was having a fan girl moment. She laughed and took my hand and told … Continue reading
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Tagged Deborah Knott Series, Margaret Maron, North Carolina, Sigrid Harald Series
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Grounding our Stories: Place Matters
Last week I hung photographs and prints on the walls of my workday office, the final task of a renovation that began in December 2019 and was completed—but for the picture hanging—two months later. For the twelve months it took … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston taverns, Caren Marie Michel, clear cuts, mill towns, Monica Wood, Paul Doiron, Richard Cass
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Better Late Than Never . . .
Last week my blogmates posted gorgeous photographs of their winter worlds. I tried to add a few of my own, but thanks to the vagaries of WordPress (a blog post all its own) they disappeared into the ether. I was … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach walks, Brooklin, Pine Point, Popham, Scarborough, walking the winter beach, winter
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Lynne Raimondo – A Tribute
Our crime writing family is mourning the death of Lynne Raimondo, who died on November 12. The author of three acclaimed novels, Lynne had colleagues, friends and admirers across the country and around the world. We in Maine were fortunate … Continue reading
I’m Talking Cars Again
It has been a week, hasn’t it? On Monday, focus was a struggle. By Tuesday it was close to impossible. Now it’s Wednesday, and I think the wisest course is for me to revive a favorite post from the past. … Continue reading
Until We Meet Again . . .
Seven months into the pandemic, we’ve become pretty darned good at adapting, haven’t we? We see our friends and family at carefully choreographed, socially-distanced deck visits. We think ahead about the weekend’s menu and place online orders on Thursday night … Continue reading
My Thoughts Are Like Sanderlings, Redux
In early April, when our awareness of the pandemic was still new, I wrote a post consisting of a series of random thoughts. I thought about that post last Sunday while walking the beach late in the afternoon, studying the … Continue reading
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Tagged labor day, Maine, Reading, sea roses, summer, tomatoes, Vote
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A Trove of Garden Insight from Katharine White
We’re spending some time in Brooklin this month, where I lived for a while in the early 90s and to which I have returned most every summer since, at least for a few days. Regular readers of this blog likely … Continue reading
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Tagged Brooklin, Friend Memorial Library, gardening, Katharine S. White, Onward and Upward
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