by Kathleen Pellegrino | Jun 19, 2019 | After the Party, Endurance, Experiencing life, flowers, Giving thanks, Gossip, holiday hosting
What an exciting weekend I just survived. Starting with dinner with friends on Friday evening; on Saturday buying mulch from the local hardware store, tripping off to the bank, lovingly attending a family wedding shower for Ariel Jocelyn, welcoming a visitor, Attorney...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | Jun 11, 2019 | After the Party, Endurance, Experiencing life, Giving thanks, Gossip, Mystery, News, reading, Writing
I was with friends yesterday when the television news announced the crash of a helicopter on the roof, and resulting fire, of a mid-Manhattan high rise on Seventh Avenue; and that the pilot died. We all breathed-in sharply and were blindsided again; all made differing...
by Kathleen Pellegrino | May 29, 2019 | After the Party, Endurance, Experiencing life, Giving thanks, Gossip, holiday hosting
I have been here before. You probably have, also. After five days of indolent sitting by our beach on Cape Cod Bay on a protected deck with masses of company mostly comprised of young people in their twenties, I must now face the reality of work and normal living. Our...
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...
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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