I have been a mystery reader and fan for ever...ok I guess I am not that old! I am a member of several online communities including RAM (rec.arts.mystery), 4MA (4 Mystery Addicts), Rara-Avis to name a few.
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Hot-damn! Another Rare Bird joined up and visible! Lovely to see you here and thanks for the friending, Patricia. You ought to lurk less, that way people like *me* would learn more, rather than the other way around!
Happy Easter Patricia --- in case you missed it on Moldy we had easter bunny tracks (well rabbit tracks if you insist) right up to the front door. Needless to say the ten year old was thrilled.
Brookins is from Minnesota. What does he know about seedy characters? We are too Norweign to be seedy.
I would rather just be mysterious myself, if I could remember how.
Yup, it's York. We have been going up there since I was in college. My brother had the good sense to go out with a girl whose parents had a cottage in York. And they were kind enough to invite all of us to spend time there. My older sister lives there full time and my brother now owns his in-laws house near Nubble.
Hey girl! Thanks for the card! We did not get mail picked up till today. Memorial service is over, life goes back to what? Normal? At my house? Oh well.
Hi Patricia, thanks a million for the welcome, it's really appreciated. I just saw Ken Bruen flashing by there in your photos ... the guy is a true gentleman, and a fabulous writer. Your taste is obviously impeccable ...! Cheers, Declan
I just noticed that you're from Toronto. I escaped the towers of Bay and King Streets, and the leafy suburbs of Oakville just a couple of months ago. I was fortunate enough to take early retirement from my job at RBC, and I came out to BC for a time. I'm house sitting, and having a great time. If you're interested in reading about my life as a farmer, please go to http://typem4murder.blogspot.com. But, true Ontarioian that I am, I'll be back in the spring. Best,
A side note about the name of the Baltimore Ravens name. Incidentlally, it was the Baltimore fans's insistence that the name *Browns* and its history remain in Cleveland.
In a fan survey, the fans were given choices of *Bombers* after the WWII manufacture of the B-24 during WWII in Baltimore and *The Americans,* after the penning of the the National Anthem at Fort McHenry, another great tourist site. Someone suggested *Ravens* and it became an overwhelming write-in favorite.
Patricia, thanks for your kind words about Stealing The Dragon. Please tell your friends; tell your enemies, too. Thanks again...I hope we cross paths at some upcoming convention.
I am not even awake yet and you have me laughing. Talk about needing coffee ..... we could all be the birdhouse (okay I am REALLY not awake here) - you know the one I mean? Twenty of us could have roles in that thing.
For me it took me back to when a friend put a chair on his head to do his Bullwinkle imitation. In a restaurant. In Toronto. I wasn't even there but the story lives on.
Hi Pat:
Thanks so much for the welcome. I appreciate hearing from readers who are expert in crime fiction.
Hope to chat more in the future. Now, it's back to writing!
Rick
Oh, if only there were 25 million other people who read the way you do. I could go to my signings in a chauffeured Rolls Royce instead of a battered Mazda.
Hi Patricia,
Nice to meet you! I'm registered for almost all of the cons next year, so I hope I get to meet you. I blog with 3 other mystery writers at www.jungleredwriters.com, stop by and say hello.
I've been getting bored with RAM recently so I thought I's try over here. The fact that i became member Number 900 had a good deal in persuading me... :)
Ah well, Malice is a great con but there were so many people at the 4MA lunch Dawn Dowdle organized that I didn't get to meet half of them. Do you get to any of the conventions? Next con I'm going to, I believe, is Murder in the Magic City (Feb., Birmingham, Alabama).
Patricia
Apr 5, 2007
Ali
Ali
Apr 6, 2007
Lourdes Fernandez
Apr 6, 2007
Karen from AustCrime
Apr 6, 2007
Brian Thornton
Apr 7, 2007
bill bedenbender
Apr 7, 2007
Mary Saums
Apr 8, 2007
LC Fraser
Apr 9, 2007
Tim Maleeny
Apr 10, 2007
Michael Koryta
Apr 10, 2007
Deborah Pesa
Apr 10, 2007
Deborah Turrell Atkinson
No, I haven't seen Hustle--you think I can rent it on Netflix? (love that resource!) I'm going to check it out. Is it a BBC production?
Apr 11, 2007
Gina Micale
Apr 11, 2007
Laura Benedict
Apr 13, 2007
Laura Benedict
David C is such a neat guy. He and I have the same editor. I really need to get to The Devil's Redhead. So many books....
Apr 13, 2007
LC Fraser
Apr 14, 2007
Rose
I would rather just be mysterious myself, if I could remember how.
Apr 15, 2007
Eileen
Apr 16, 2007
Mary Saums
Apr 17, 2007
Rose
Apr 19, 2007
LC Fraser
May 7, 2007
Brianna Martini
Happy Mother's Day to all of you ladies on board!
Brianna Martini
May 14, 2007
Vicki Delany
Jul 2, 2007
Declan Burke
Jul 2, 2007
Robin Burcell
Jul 3, 2007
Vicki Delany
Jul 7, 2007
JackBludis
Jul 17, 2007
Rose
Still don't know anything defiinite. Except more speialists have been added to the mix, and more test scheduled. Just sent update to Bev.
Jul 17, 2007
JackBludis
Based on your comment on my page:
A side note about the name of the Baltimore Ravens name. Incidentlally, it was the Baltimore fans's insistence that the name *Browns* and its history remain in Cleveland.
In a fan survey, the fans were given choices of *Bombers* after the WWII manufacture of the B-24 during WWII in Baltimore and *The Americans,* after the penning of the the National Anthem at Fort McHenry, another great tourist site. Someone suggested *Ravens* and it became an overwhelming write-in favorite.
Jack
Jul 18, 2007
Tim Maleeny
Jul 19, 2007
Lois Reibach
Jul 24, 2007
Tony Black
Jul 24, 2007
LC Fraser
Jul 25, 2007
LC Fraser
Jul 25, 2007
Jeremy Lynch
Just thought I would say Hey.
Jul 25, 2007
Cara Black
Jul 26, 2007
Cara Black
Jul 26, 2007
Rick Mofina
Thanks so much for the welcome. I appreciate hearing from readers who are expert in crime fiction.
Hope to chat more in the future. Now, it's back to writing!
Rick
Aug 6, 2007
Merrill Young
Jack is moonlight-bartending at his Crimespace site. Come have a drink!
Aug 9, 2007
Karen from AustCrime
Aug 18, 2007
Naomi Hirahara
Aug 18, 2007
Gary Warren Niebuhr
Aug 18, 2007
Wendy B.
Aug 22, 2007
Timothy Hallinan
Oh, if only there were 25 million other people who read the way you do. I could go to my signings in a chauffeured Rolls Royce instead of a battered Mazda.
Tim
Aug 23, 2007
Rosemary Harris
Nice to meet you! I'm registered for almost all of the cons next year, so I hope I get to meet you. I blog with 3 other mystery writers at www.jungleredwriters.com, stop by and say hello.
Aug 23, 2007
Jim Barker
I've been getting bored with RAM recently so I thought I's try over here. The fact that i became member Number 900 had a good deal in persuading me... :)
JimB
Aug 27, 2007
Mary
Thanks for the invite. I am reasonably new to reading crime fiction - so I have some way to go to catch up with you.!
Aug 27, 2007
Clea Simon
Aug 27, 2007
Clea Simon
Aug 27, 2007
LC Fraser
How did the bird feeder picture turn out? Better than mine?
Aug 30, 2007