Cheryl's Cozy Comments

  New Month, New Attitude      I am back! I am now reading again. Small steps but big change in attitude. No, I am not totally fearless, however, I am not going to let fear of failure (or maybe it's fear of success) get in my way of chasing my dream. And once I figure out exactly what all I want to include in that dream, I will pursue it!      How was your Thanksgiving? Did you really dig deep and realized what you really have to be thankful for or did you just assume the usual standard was good enough? I did the digging and realized what was the most important in my life and am choosing to develop that into more.      What are your plans for the coming Christmas? Will you spend a lot of money for material gifts or make something special using your own hands and mind? No matter your religion, or lack of, the Christmas holiday has more to do with feelings of faith and love than finding the best party. Whatever you do, do it with all of yo...

     Here we go learning as I type. Never thought myself as a blogger but we all need to learn new things in this new world we are living in 2020!      October 10, 1965, I chose a book to read (with a lot of help from my grandmother) by the name of The Murder at the Vicarage  by Agatha Christie. I fell in love with Miss Marple and became a lifelong lover of the Whodunit. I continued with each book of that series, moved on to the Detective Hercules Poirot series, most of the Nancy Drew novels, and tried to absorb as many mystery novels I could find.      As I grew, I became interesting and read a great deal in Mathematics, History, Science, and Philosophy. However, I never lost the love of the mystery. I guess it is the natural love of puzzles that continues to this day. I have as I age choose to read cozy mysteries so that I get the whodunit without having to worry of excess violence, vulgar language, and explicit sexual actions. This is...