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 16, 2019 | After the Party, charity, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, flowers, Giving thanks, glowers
Une petit dejeuner et des fleurs. This combination of my neighbor Trudi’s dahlias and a small breakfast should fortify the soul of any of us. The display is homespun. It gives grace to our ordinary days, but can it by itself give us relief when we are worried or...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Oct 2, 2019 | After the Party, charity, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, flowers, Giving thanks, glowers
I sit in the dark staring out the open window hearing the swish of the tree branches responding to the call of the wind. I see the leaves clearly; all their shapes, colors, and sizes are distinctly caught through my lenses and imprint on my mind. And, I am calmed. The...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Sep 18, 2019 | After the Party, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, flowers, Giving thanks, glowers, Gossip
Mid-September reminds us of how busy we are and will continue to be until mid winter when we get a snow day here in the northeast corner of the USA. I think of this time, as the great hustle. Kids of all ages are back in school, and businesses get serious about...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Aug 28, 2019 | After the Party, Endurance, Environment, Experiencing life, flowers, Giving thanks, glowers, Gossip
Mothers are crying and/or celebrating. The kids are back in school dressed for success. The kids mostly are excited to see their friends. Some actually look forward to learning. The teachers, despite some complaining about new rules just as the students also...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Jul 4, 2019 | After the Party, Endurance, Experiencing life, Giving thanks, glowers, Gossip, holiday hosting, Mystery, Writing
I am vacationing at Cape Cod Bay in East Sandwich with my family. Chaos reigns. Thirty people at various times. Eating unusual foods is the common practice, although today we will enjoy the traditional surf- n – turf with lobster as the surf. Tomorrow is our...
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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