by Kathleen Pellegrino | Dec 9, 2020 | charity, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, Giving thanks
Oh how I love the color red at Christmas — also green, gold, silver, platinum, vivid blue, and white. I love sparkles and shimmer. I also appreciate the more toned down country use of straw, holly, old wooden structures, and evergreen. Bright or quiet, I...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Nov 24, 2020 | After the Party, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, Giving thanks
My suggestion is: Do not, Do not regret 2020 and its limitations. Within their framework life is now quite valued by most of us. Work sensibly within the rules. As in any mystery novel, plot what will work for you and your families. Distance, masks, no tasting food...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Nov 18, 2020 | Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life
At 7:300 am today, I rebelled. Despite my desire to escape my home for the great outdoors, I wimped out. I was not quite ready for below freezing walking. So instead, I wrote a poem on winter weather. Writing recaptures my soul to again use weather as inspiration and...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Nov 3, 2020 | charity, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, Giving thanks
My friend Carol and I voted today in Springfield at the Carew Street Boys and Girls Club. There was excitement in the air. The staff and police officer were friendly and professional. It felt good to exercise our right to vote without all the drama in the news present...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Oct 20, 2020 | After the Party, charity, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, flowers, Giving thanks, glowers
This photo is one from the marketing of my first book in the The Beauregard Mystery Series, “SUNNYSIDE ROAD – PARADISE DISSEMBLING’ published in 2018. the photo shows, in a darkened light, a beautiful street in a suburban neighborhood. The...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Oct 13, 2020 | After the Party, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, Giving thanks, Mystery
Fifty-two degrees and rainy in Springfield, MA today. I slept in to an inordinate and unseemly time for a working author. Still, I awoke with a vigorous attitude towards my daily duties and writing. Small jobs faced me; jobs I normally try to put off. Perhaps the...
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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