by Judy Alter | Feb 7, 2020
Note: This first appeared today, Friday February 7, 2020, as a guest post on the Mysteristas blog. It is reprinted with their kind permission. I was surprised to see Debra Winegarten’s name come up on my phone that morning in the summer of 2018. I knew her but not...
by Judy Alter | Feb 5, 2020
Jordan has it firmly fixed in her mind that there’s a connection between wintry weather and chili. Let there be the slightest forecast of snow, ice, sleet, even freezing rain, and she issues a call for chili. So far, today’s predicted storm has missed us, though it’s...
by Judy Alter | Feb 4, 2020
One of the blessings of my life is that I usually sleep well at night—and frequently in the daytime too. But last night about three o’clock, I woke and then my busy mind kept me from falling back to sleep. I’ve been known to write great fiction at such times, but the...