by Kathleen Pellegrino | May 21, 2019 | After the Party, Endurance, Experiencing life, flowers, Giving thanks, Gossip, Mystery, reading
I traveled the area today looking for ‘what to plant’ around my home. It is a mystery, though nothing to do with murder, how after I see the same plants repeatedly in different garden centers, I am better able to visualize their import for my garden....
by Kathleen Pellegrino | May 8, 2019 | After the Party, Endurance, Experiencing life, Giving thanks, Gossip, holiday hosting, Mystery, News
Do you sometimes wonder how people who are faced with chronic suffering cope? Today I was visiting at a nearby hospital and observed the patients, doctors, nurses, and staff as they faced the reality of patients in various stages of suffering. There is the required...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | May 1, 2019 | After the Party, Endurance, Experiencing life, Giving thanks, Gossip, holiday hosting, Mystery, Uncategorized
Century Old Living Room It looks formal but oh the history of activities does my living room hide from view. The first owner of this middle European style home was waked in this same room. The second owner built a boat in this room and was required to remove the large...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Apr 23, 2019 | After the Party, Endurance, Experiencing life, Giving thanks, Gossip, holiday hosting, Mystery, Writing
I’ve been in the garden today and assessed the winter damage. The ground is soaked with water for our land is comprised of clay. The good thing about clay as a basis for grass and shrubs and flowers is that we rarely have to water. But in the spring our soil is...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Apr 10, 2019 | After the Party, Endurance, Experiencing life, Giving thanks, Gossip, holiday hosting, Mystery
Today in honor of SPCA’s special day, I must mention how a pet, whatever pet you may choose, adds value to your life. You may own a pet or rescue a pet from another owner or shelter, or visit a pet at an animal shelter, or work with animals/pets in a...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Apr 6, 2019 | After the Party, Endurance, Experiencing life, Giving thanks, Gossip, Mystery, News
Poetry Month is here. We must think about repetition, alliteration, rhyme, meter or rhythm, hyperbole, metaphor and on and on. What about onomatopoeia? Whole poems are written using this device. I think about Edgar Allan Poe’s, “The Bells.” Just...
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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