The Mystery of a Brand New Blogger

Ok, I am just getting started on this. A brand new journey. So bear with my bad photography and mental meanderings, please.



I am a 30-something woman living in a tiny town in west central Missouri. I don't particularly care to live in the state of Missouri, but here I am.



I work from home as a medical transcriptionist. I don't particularly care for my job, but it pays the bills.



I do have quite a long list of things I do care for, and I will be sharing some of those with you as we go along.



I have one son who is in college (well, now he says he is taking a semester off). I live in an extended family situation with my parents and 4 cats.



As you can probably tell from the title of my blog, I love mysteries. Agatha Christie is a present favorite. Poirot is my man! Waiting for Elizabeth Peters new Amelia Peabody mystery. I also like PC Doherty.



There is something about the anticipation reading a book that, to me, is much better than film or television. A book is a friend. A book is not loud. A book does not have commercials. A book is portable. It is patient. It will wait while you go in the kitchen and fix a cup of tea and a scone or a BLT and a coke. You can take a book outside in the dappled sunlight under the shade tree in the back yard and swing on a lazy summer afternoon, with the bees buzzing around for company, investigating your lemonade. A book will also go on a walk with you on an autumn afternoon, with the brisk wind frisking the multicolored leaves past your feet. A book will likewise snuggle on the couch with you on a blustery winter afternoon, with the wind howling under the eaves and big, fat snow flakes chasing each other around outside, while inside it is nice and toasty warm. And a book will be good company on a rainy spring day with the daffodils and tulips nodding in the flowerbed.



I believe that our public libraries are one of our greatest resources. Think of all of the books that are there, just waiting to be read. Now, I like to buy books, usually on Amazon (and usually the cheap, used ones). But I definitely do not have enough money to buy all of the books I want to read. I do have some favorites that I like to read again and again. So, yes, those I buy. But for the others, off to the library I go. It is like a miniature shopping trip! Everyone needs a little retail therapy, right?



So now to cooking. I like cooking new things. I love being a country-type cook, but I like to get a little fancy-schmancy too.

Indian food is my new passion. Tastebud explosion! I will definitely share some of my experiements with you.

I will go for now, off to take some yummy pictures and maybe grab a book and share the author's dreams . . . .