Category Archives: holiday

Flash (holiday) fiction: Naughty by Val Muller

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write using the theme “The Christmas season.” Today’s prompt comes to us from Val Muller, author of the Corgi Capers mystery series. Naughty By Val Muller She stood at the … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Mother’s Day, Late Edition

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Val

This post comes a bit late, as for the real Mother’s Day I had to do a little sleuthing to make sure my mom had actually finished reading the book mentioned in the post. There is a portion of The … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Dead of Spring by Sherry Knowlton

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Val

I was glad to return to the world of Alexa Williams–along with all her usual legal and dangerous sleuthing and quest to combat human trafficking. Since Dead of Spring involved scandals related to fracking in Pennsylvania, I thought this would be … Continue reading →

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Fantastic “Friday”: The Treehouse

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Val

This week’s Fantastic Friday post is being published on a Sunday in honor of Father’s Day. Going through some pictures for an author presentation this year, I found so many of me and my sister in, or on, or near … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: First-Day (Finite) Fun

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Val

Happy New Year! I’ve had several discussions with people who dislike holidays that celebrate or designate the passage of time—New Years, birthdays, even Labor Day denoting the end of summer. At times, I even agree. But as my dad always … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Happy Christmas!

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Val

Happy Christmas! This year, so many people are complaining about the difficulty of getting into the Christmas spirit when the weather is hovering around 70 degrees across the East Coast. I don’t share that problem. I have no issues wearing … Continue reading →

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That Holiday Magic

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Val

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about Elf On The Shelf again—that mischievous “game” in which parents torment their kids with “deeds” the demented-looking elf commits while the kids are sleeping. Though Elf On The Shelf wasn’t a thing … Continue reading →

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Thirty Days of Thankful: 2014

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Val

As I’ve done in Novembers of the past, I wanted to highlight thirty reasons I am thankful. It’s so easy to go through each day dwelling on the negative; in fact, it seems negativity spreads much more quickly than positivity. … Continue reading →

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The Prickling Time of Year

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Val

Happy October! For those of you loving sweaters and pumpkin spice everything, happy October! For those of you dreading the snow and plummeting temperatures—enjoy October while you can. And for those of you (like me) who miss summer already, just … Continue reading →

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Two Views on Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Val

Valentine’s Day is one of those days. While there’s a nice “warm, fuzzy” about it, it also seems somewhat manic—either someone is ecstatic about the holiday, or else in the doldrums. I thought I’d match the manic nature with my … Continue reading →

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