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Home… And Why it Matters
Vicki Doudera here. I’ve had several ideas for today’s post, but having just left a board meeting for my local Habitat for Humanity affiliate, I feel I need to share with you the thoughts and ideas spinning in my head, … Continue reading
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Tagged Darby Farr Mysteries, Habitat for Humanity, home, Maine, midcoast habitat for humanity, Thomaston
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Scene of the Crime
Check out the great shot of the Rockland breakwater and lighthouse, snapped by yours truly from the balcony of my fourth-floor, ocean-front room at the Samoset Resort. Vicki … Continue reading
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Tagged Connie Russell, Final Settlement, Rockland Breakwater, Samoset Resort
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Vicki Doudera, Poultry Private Eye
I suspect that one of the main reasons I find writing mystery novels so enjoyable is because they involve spying. Not just writing about spying, which is fun, but actual spying. Watching people in bookstores, for instance, as I stand … Continue reading
An Interview with Stacy Juba
I liked Stacy Juba from the moment I met her — last week, at the public library in Medway, Massachusetts, for an author session set up by the NE branch of Sisters in Crime. What I liked about Stacy was … Continue reading
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Tagged Medway Public Library, Sisters in Crime, Stacy Juba, Vicki Doudera
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How the Serene Becomes Scary
Ed and I are on a car voyage to North Carolina and Virginia, and while we are cruising past cotton fields and tobacco barns, we’re listening to the 17-CD audio book of Jo Nesbo’s The Leopard. (I know, I know … Continue reading
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Tagged Darby Farr Mysteries, Jo Nesbo, The Leopard, Vicki Doudera
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Irish Eyes are Smiling
Vicki Doudera here, ready to pack my bag and my new cross-country skis for a weekend trip to The Birches Resort on Moosehead Lake. The property, in the heart of Maine’s great North Woods, consists of dozens of rustic cabins, … Continue reading
Getting Ideas from My Day Job
I had a wonderful half-hour-plus interview last week with a real estate reporter from the Wall Street Journal. She called because she’s intrigued by my dual career as Realtor and author of a mystery series with an amateur sleuth.who just … Continue reading
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Tagged Darby Farr Mysteries, Deal Killer, Manhattan, real estate mysteries, wall street journal
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Vacationland’s Dark Side
During the cold, dark days of February, it’s fun for us to turn back to some of our older posts, and rerun them for you. When Paul wrote about the dark side, he wrote it on a sunny Maine day … Continue reading
Super Bowls: Snacks We Can’t Write Without
Vicki Doudera here on this Superbowl Sunday, a day devoted not only to football, but also to fan-favorite food, such as beer, nachos and chicken wings. With no New England Patriots to cheer on, I’m focused more on the food … Continue reading
