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A Little Burro Therapy
The three burros who live with Alice MacDonald Greer, lawyer/amateur sleuth protagonist of my Texas Hill Country legal thrillers, bear a...
helencurriefoster
Apr 22, 20245 min read
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THE NAME OF THE ROSE IS--wait, how do you pronounce that?
April 1! It's spring, with a riot of bluebonnets this year. Plus paintbrush! Winecup! Verbena! Prairie celestials (so lovely)! And within...
helencurriefoster
Apr 2, 20244 min read
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The Flavor of the Place
by Helen Currie Foster August 8, 2022 Our family’s favorite mystery quote (bolded below) appears in Strong Poison, by Dorothy Sayers,...
helencurriefoster
Aug 9, 20228 min read
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Layers and Layers
by Helen Currie Foster – May 16, 2022 Cast your mind on the perfect croissant. A perfect croissant may have hundreds of layers of dough +...
helencurriefoster
May 24, 20227 min read
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TWO ROADS DIVERGED ...
Have you noticed that the roads diverged in a yellow wood? So Frost was thinking of fall, in “The Road Not Taken” (1916). Leaves turn...
helencurriefoster
Sep 21, 20213 min read
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Dreaming in Santa Fe
[First appeared in Austin Mystery Writers and Ink-Stained Wretches) Driving into New Mexico with my husband (favorite long-time travel...
helencurriefoster
Aug 3, 20214 min read
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What’s That Smell?
In the back of the closet I recently unearthed my mother’s old Caswell Massey “Gardenia” bubble bath. The resulting bath held astonishing...
Helen Currie Foster
Mar 29, 20216 min read
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Barbeculinary Thoughts
First published on Ink-Stained Wretches I know, you’re asking yourself what barbecue has to do with mystery writing, my other beloved...
Helen Currie Foster
Sep 2, 20205 min read
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Are You Hungry? Food Idiosyncrasies and Local Flavor
Why, exactly, do we take such interest in what our favorite detectives eat or what a character like Aunt Agatha grabs for first at...
Helen Currie Foster
Jul 20, 20206 min read
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This author is happy about two strong reviews of Ghost Cat.
“With her extraordinary and narrative driven storytelling style, author and novelist Helen Currie Foster once again exhibits her mastery...
Helen Currie Foster
Jul 14, 20202 min read
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Please Take (a) Note!
Lately I’ve been thinking about remarkable people who never got to see the significance of their work, regardless of its brilliance....
Helen Currie Foster
Jun 8, 20205 min read
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The Uses of Disguise
So, did you dress up for Halloween? Did you buy a mask in New Orleans, or Venice, perhaps one with feathers? What would you wear to a...
Helen Currie Foster
May 18, 20206 min read
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Helen also blogs at: Austin Mystery Writers and Ink-Stained Wretches
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