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What are your memories of diasters, and what to you try to Karen Dahood talks about an “old lady” detective. No, it is not Jane Marple, she’s Sophie George, a retired librarian who comes to the aid of an unimaginative chief of detectives in a small Florida town. They encounter a revenge killing corporation and a woman who is totally — butt totally – dependent on men. And, she’s not really old – just  Mom with Bob and Me 1947 Mother and Dad were in the habit of sitting outside their house on pleasant evenings. This began at their suburban home in St. Louis, where they had a flagstone patio and could expect neighbors from the two other houses on the block to join them, at least on weekends.  Mom at 19 MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . . My artist friend Trudy is still uncertain about moving to an Assisted Living facility. Her concerns center on having space for a studio and her dog. Also, the fact that she is under 70 years old means she will be younger and abler than most of her  MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . . How fortunate it seemed to me to find an essay by Natasha Singer (SLIPSTREAM, The New York Times, Sunday, October 17, 2010) titled “The Financial Time Bomb of Longer Lives.” Two day before I had received in my mailbox yet another sales pitch for a product that would “extend my life.”  MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . . . McMansions are out, tiny houses are in. So I bet you think I’m going to say that crowding a family of four into a two bathroom, one living-room home is going to damage little psyches. Where will they play with Wii? Will they need larger earphones?  MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . . Editing the second book in my series of six “Sophie and Sam” mysteries, this phrase is meaningful in a practical sense. I am about three-thousand words over my self-imposed limit. The longer the book, the more it will cost, and I am determined to keep a paperback under $15, which |
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