Category Archives: Dorothy’s Posts

Thanksgiving

Posted on November 28, 2018 by mainecrimewriters

 Dorothy Cannell: My list is as long as some of those Oscar winner acknowledgements, but these are some of the reasons I feel the joy of gratitude this year. Being pain free as a result of spinal surgery last December. Having … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Mean to be a Problem

Posted on October 30, 2018 by mainecrimewriters

Dorothy Cannell: When I was about seven my pet chicken Rhoda showed up on the Christmas dinner table. I don’t mean she went hopscotching between the platters of vegetables chirping out ‘Jingle bells’.  She was dinner, stuffed and roasted.  Horrible – repulsive … Continue reading →

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Let’s Have a Blemish or Two

Posted on September 28, 2018 by mainecrimewriters

Dorothy Cannell: Many years ago I went on a fund raising house tour in my home town in Illinois because of one home in particular.  I had been charmed by its creamy stone exterior and slate roof every time I passed … Continue reading →

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The Way We Talked

Posted on August 27, 2018 by mainecrimewriters

Dorothy Cannell: “Less is more.” I repeat this mantra to myself whenever I scoot around T.J. Maxx or Target pushing a cart that could hold a body with rigor mortis while besieged on all sides by displays of items any reasonable … Continue reading →

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Forget Lettuce

Posted on July 26, 2018 by mainecrimewriters

Dorothy Cannell: I married a man who could live by salad alone.  Give him a hunk oflettuce and a bottle of dressing and he’s good for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  I sadly take after my father who referred to salad as … Continue reading →

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Food for Thought

Posted on May 29, 2018 by mainecrimewriters

Dorothy Cannell: A couple of months ago I wrote about going through my bookcases looking for books I’d saved years ago with the thought I might one day reread them.  Mostly these were romantic suspense or gothics.  I lined them up … Continue reading →

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Old Friends

Posted on March 29, 2018 by mainecrimewriters

Dorothy Cannell: I’m looking forward to attending this year’s Malice Domestic in a few weeks and browsing around the book room will as always be a big treat.  Knowing I’ll come home with a loaded bag (or more likely bags) of … Continue reading →

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It All Started With . . .

Posted on February 28, 2018 by mainecrimewriters

Dorothy Cannell: I came home from school one afternoon when I was six and told my mother our class was having a play.  It was Red Riding Hood and I had been chosen to play her.  The result was delightful, she … Continue reading →

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Possible Second Thoughts

Posted on January 30, 2018 by mainecrimewriters

After a hiatus, and surgery, Dorothy Cannell rejoins us this month          It’s insufficient to say I’m a dinosaur living in this ultra-techno age.  I’m whatever came before Brontosaurus and his kith and kin.  I picture blobs of gray Jell-O with … Continue reading →

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When You Try, But Only a Little

Posted on September 21, 2017 by mainecrimewriters

Dorothy Cannell: Last Saturday evening my husband, Julian, and I attended our neighborhood’s monthly pot luck.  The host provides the entrée and everyone else brings a side dish.  Usually I feel morally obliged to put my best foot forward with a … Continue reading →

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