by kbpell321 | Jun 10, 2021 | After the Party, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, Giving thanks
I’ve been weeding in the garden and see the parallels to line editing with the endless repetitive effort. Editing requires finding, checking, rewording or not, reevaluating my understanding of the placement of conjunctions, prepositions, adverbs, and...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | May 5, 2021 | After the Party, charity, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, flowers, Giving thanks
On a rainy day, I am reminded that three of my grandparents immigrated from Ireland in the early 1900’s. I’ve visited Ireland on several occasions. The people are friendly, the pubs inviting, and the land is greener than the travel brochures can capture...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Apr 21, 2021 | After the Party, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, flowers, Giving thanks
I purchased a shed for my city space in August 2020. COVID related problems prevented immediate delivery, delaying it to mid-March 2021. Five days later the shed was destroyed in a sudden and violent storm. Such occurrences take the wind from our sails. But then...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Mar 18, 2021 | After the Party, charity, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, Giving thanks
We followed the college kids for March vacation, but did so in a more careful environment in Surfside on Florida’s east coast. As a New Englander who summers much of the time at Cape Cod or New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee, I had, as usual, architectural...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Mar 3, 2021 | After the Party, charity, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, flowers, Giving thanks, holiday hosting, Mystery, News
This author grew up on the South Shore area of Boston, having lived in Dorchester, Quincy, Wollaston, Cohasset, and Milton. Any way you cut it, St. Patrick’s Day was then the holiday of the year following Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, and the fourth of July....
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Feb 24, 2021 | After the Party, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, flowers, Giving thanks, Mystery, reading, Writing
Towards the end of February in western Massachusetts there in often, actually mostly, snow or the remains of snow on the ground. Some think, by this time, that the concept of snow on the ground is depressing. Now if you go to the Chicopee River, there is ice fishing....
Kathleen lives with her husband Joe and their dog Othello midst their large family in Springfield, Massachusetts.
"My love affair with plots, murder, mystery, spies and, in general, with crime novels began at an early age. I read and read – probably have read 2,000 crime novels since then. Even at an early age, I developed my own plots if only to cover up my misdeeds to the chagrin of my family and teachers. Some less creative called it fibbing!
Now I write from the love of plot – of people and their ways –of life – of philosophy – about crime –about the sociopath/psychopath."
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