 I think our capricious Mother Nature is delaying spring. How about where you are ?   The power was restored just after dark but I was prepared with candles and flashlights. The blizzard winds died down by morning. Now what do we do when snowed in?     We play games, work on puzzles, read, and WRITE (book 6)!THE WRITE PAGEThe weather is the impetus for many poems and this one fit our local weather prognostication, although the prediction changed every hour. THE TEMPEST An awful tempest mashed the air, The clouds were gaunt and few; A black, as of a specter’s cloak, Hid heaven and earth from view. by Emily Dickinson STAY SAFE! This month I recommend: CJ Box’s Storm Watch Jonathan Kellerman’s Unnatural History Jennifer J. Chow’s Death by Bubble Tea Janet Finsilver’s Murder at Redwood Cove I am included on Anastasia Pollack’s Killer Crafts and Crafty Killers BLOG. It was fun to do! READ BLOG POST on KILLER CRAFTS AND CRAFTY KILLERS: RIDDLE FOR APRIL! A farmer had 3-3/7 haystacks in one field and 5-4/9 haystacks in other. He put them all together. How many did he have then? PUZZLE SOLUTION FROM MARCH 16 A ROPE MAKER CUT A CORD INTO THREE PIECES. LET’S NAME THEM X, Y, AND Z. X IS THREE FEET LONG. Y IS THREE FEET AND ONE- FOURTH THE LENGTH OF Z. Z IS AS LONG AS X AND Y TOGETHER. HOW LONG WAS THE CORD? 3 + 5 + 8 = 16 Buy: KATIE AND MAVERICK COZY MYSTERIES THIS MONTH’S PRIZE WINNER! Each month I draw a name from among my subscribers. Check this section each time to see if you were chosen! If your email address begins with conejo4 CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve won an Amazon gift card! Email me right away so I can get your prize to you! maryseifertcozies@gmail.com (And Julie, I’m still waiting for your okay:)) If you read MAVERICK, MOVIES & MURDER, RESCUES, ROGUES & RENEGADE, TINSEL, TRIALS & TRAITORS, or SANTA, SNOWFLAKES & STRYCHNINE, or FISHING, FESTIVITIES & FATALITIES and have the inclination, please leave a review with your favorite bookseller and tell your friends. THANK YOU SO MUCH! Mary FOLLOW ME ON BOOKBUB! FOLLOW ME ON GOODREADS Totals number of states (plus DC) reporting: 17 Countries: 6 Continents: 3     A Katie and Maverick Mystery in AUSTRALIA! THANKS RUTH!! And Puerto Penasco, Mexico THANKS LEE AND STEPHANIE! And Monument Valley, Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell, AZ andthe Vegas Strip! THANKS AMY AND JIM! The photos are amazing!States reporting visits: Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin (and Washington D.C.) Countries: Australia, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Dominican Republic, US |