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Tea and Me
My name is Lea Wait, and I drink tea. That’s right. No coffee. No soda (although the protagonist in my Shadows mystery series is devoted to her Diet Pepsi). And since a hot drink seems an appropriate topic for a cold … Continue reading
Seven Months Post-Diagnosis … And I’m Still Here
And Happy 2019! Last summer I never thought I’d be saying or writing those words. In case anyone missed the excitement of my health issues, in mid-June of 2018 I was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, metastasized. I wrote … Continue reading
Maine Winters — Then and Now
Lea Wait, here. And although I can’t officially claim to be a Mainer (I was born in Boston, and have only lived here ‘year round for 20 years) I do live in midcoast Maine, in a house built in 1774 … Continue reading
Happy New Year! Goals and Resolutions
Lea Wait here. As the years roll by I suspect we all have our lists of things we’d like to do. Our “bucket lists,” as the movie called them. The most organized of us have even written them down. (“Spend New … Continue reading
Cooking Our Christmas Goose – A Christmas Memory
Lea Wait, here, preparing for the first Christmas in years when several of my daughters will be here in Maine. That’s good, and a reminder of years when they were growing up and I prepared for Christmas all year. But … Continue reading
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The Secret Behind my “Shadows” Mysteries
First, a confession. Most mystery writers, when asked, “When did you know you loved mysteries?” answer with a smile and the names, “Nancy Drew” or “The Hardy Boys” or “Agatha Christie” or maybe “Elmore Leonard.” They explain that they’ve always … Continue reading
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Election Day! (You HAVE Voted, Right?)
I’ll admit, I’ve been a political junkie since my grandmother bought our first (small, black and white) television so we could watch the Democratic and Republication conventions. I lay, sprawled on the floor of what was then our summer home … Continue reading
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Tagged Election Day, Lea Wait, paper shows, political memorabilia, Shadows on the Ivy, voting
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THREAD HERRINGS: Pieces Of My Life, Stitched Together
Tomorrow, October 30, is the publication day for THREAD HERRINGS, the seventh in my Mainely Needlepoint mystery series, set in the small working waterfront town of Haven Harbor, Maine. My protagonist, Angie Curtis, runs a custom needlepoint business which includes … Continue reading
Life – Extended?
Last June 17 — about fourteen weeks ago — I was dizzy, and visited the emergency room of a local hospital here in Maine. Twenty-four hours later I was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer, metastasized The doctor who gave … Continue reading
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The Place I Found Peace … The Coast of Maine
Lea Wait here, thinking about my summers in Maine, past and present. Before I was ten, I spent half my summers in Maine, most of them at my great uncle’s home in West Bath. (The other summers I spent in … Continue reading
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