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,...
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- May 24, 2022
- 7 min
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 +...
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helencurriefoster
- Sep 21, 2021
- 3 min
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...
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helencurriefoster
- Aug 3, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Helen Currie Foster
- Mar 29, 2021
- 6 min
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...
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Helen Currie Foster
- Sep 2, 2020
- 5 min
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...
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Helen Currie Foster
- Jul 20, 2020
- 6 min
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...
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Helen Currie Foster
- Jul 14, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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Helen Currie Foster
- Jun 8, 2020
- 5 min
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....
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Helen Currie Foster
- May 18, 2020
- 6 min
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...
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Helen Currie Foster
- Mar 17, 2020
- 3 min
Love in the Time of Coronavirus, or Pulling Poems Off the Shelf
Maybe you recall an interview like this, a chance for a fellowship. Three dour English academics at eight a.m., staring skeptically at...
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Helen Currie Foster
- Feb 11, 2020
- 1 min
Discussion Questions, “Ghost Dog”
1. Have you encountered a dog with the kind of loyalty shown by Pardner? 2. What does Pardner’s behavior suggest about the missing...
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Helen also blogs at: Austin Mystery Writers and Ink-Stained Wretches
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