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Author Archives: Brenda Buchanan
Summer and Fall Opportunities
Summer is here, the season of long days, beautiful sunsets, strawberries with breakfast, lunch and dinner and blueberry season ahead. I’m doing my best to ignore the heat dome, the humidity index and all of the rainy Saturdays. Soon we’ll … Continue reading
Springtime Adventures
We returned three weeks ago from a two-week holiday, mostly in Scotland with a couple of bonus days in Ireland. As my head is filled with of memories and images of our travels, I’ll take this opportunity share some of … Continue reading
Inspiration Among the Gravestones
In considering what to write about this month I remembered this post from six years ago, ruminating about the places that can trigger story ideas. Like obituaries, cemeteries are full of jumping off points for stories. Do you agree? If … Continue reading
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Tagged cemeteries, Evergreen Cemetery Portland Maine, Ireland, Laurel Hill Cemetery
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You Heard it Here First – Winter’s On The Run
I’m writing this on the fifth of March, absolutely convinced spring is in the offing. Call me a fool for believing. But after this winter of All The Ice We Did Not See—months of involuntarily shoe skating along sidewalks that … Continue reading
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Tagged Jule Selbo, Maine high school basketball, spring, Tabitha King, Tess Gerritsen
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When Do You Get Your Ideas?
It’s a classic question at author readings – where do you get your ideas? A better question, I think is when do you get your ideas? Where are you and what are you doing when your characters’ voices whisper in … Continue reading
My Holiday Book Bounty
I’m a fortunate woman for many reasons, not the least of which is that every holiday season, my family and friends present me a bounty of books to enjoy during the coming months. This year brought a boatload of wonderful … Continue reading
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My Evergreen December Post
December 4, 2024: I love a good evergreen tree, and there’s a beauty tucked in our garage right now, hauled home today from our local holiday tree seller’s lot before tonight’s snow/sleet/rain. Inhaling that memory-evoking balsam scent inspired me to once … Continue reading
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Tagged Balsam, birds, Christmas tree, holidays, lights, ornaments
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Election Day Soundtrack
The first presidential election of my lifetime was in 1960, when John F. Kennedy was running against Richard Nixon. My blue collar family was comprised almost entirely of staunch Democrats, mostly Irish ones at that. Needless to say, in my … Continue reading
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Tagged Election Day, Freedom, High Hopes, optimism
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Here Comes Autumn, and Crime Bake
Brenda here, a bit freaked out that it’s October 4. How did we get here so fast? No two ways about it, the big seasonal shift is upon us. Apples are being picked, fall festivals are in full swing and … Continue reading
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Tagged autumn, beauty, Gabino Iglesias, House of Bone and Rain, New England Crime Bake, sixteen counties
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