<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Helen Currie Foster]]></title><description><![CDATA[Helen Currie Foster]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 03:16:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.helencurriefoster.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Little Burro Therapy]]></title><description><![CDATA[The three burros who live with Alice MacDonald Greer, lawyer/amateur sleuth protagonist of my Texas Hill Country legal thrillers, bear a...]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/post/a-little-burro-therapy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6626ea2cacdf380a7416dbdf</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 22:56:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/752719_151c1b3a6dbb42cfa0a67658bc842d1f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_768,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>helencurriefoster</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE NAME OF THE ROSE IS--wait, how do you pronounce that?]]></title><description><![CDATA[April 1! It's spring, with a riot of bluebonnets this year. Plus paintbrush! Winecup! Verbena! Prairie celestials (so lovely)! 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A perfect croissant may have hundreds of layers of dough +...]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/post/layers-and-layers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">628d16fad277799fc8b54bae</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2022 17:37:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/752719_e001ad89734449049d19c835736c02e8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_597,h_797,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>helencurriefoster</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[TWO ROADS DIVERGED ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/post/two-roads-diverged</link><guid isPermaLink="false">614a3a1cf22f3900179efb1d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:17:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/752719_966692b45ec14e3cb6f835a2c477d3e8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>helencurriefoster</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreaming in Santa Fe]]></title><description><![CDATA[[First appeared in Austin Mystery Writers and Ink-Stained Wretches) Driving into New Mexico with my husband (favorite long-time travel...]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/post/dreaming-in-santa-fe</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61095e1771ff6e00154e8c9a</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2021 16:00:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/752719_517fc011542a406693fa10ed55fa431e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>helencurriefoster</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What’s That Smell?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the back of the closet I recently unearthed my mother’s old Caswell Massey “Gardenia” bubble bath. The resulting bath held astonishing...]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/post/what-s-that-smell</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6091aa4df105d30016286bcc</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Helen Currie Foster</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barbeculinary Thoughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[First published on Ink-Stained Wretches I know, you’re asking yourself what barbecue has to do with mystery writing, my other beloved...]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/post/barbeculinary-thoughts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">609293308b21b60015bd3ece</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Helen Currie Foster</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are You Hungry? Food Idiosyncrasies and Local Flavor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why, exactly, do we take such interest in what our favorite detectives eat or what a character like Aunt Agatha grabs for first at...]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/post/are-you-hungry-food-idiosyncrasies-and-local-flavor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">609293d825cd880016662d08</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2020 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Helen Currie Foster</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This author is happy about two strong reviews of Ghost Cat.]]></title><description><![CDATA[“With her extraordinary and narrative driven storytelling style, author and novelist Helen Currie Foster once again exhibits her mastery...]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/post/this-author-is-happy-about-two-strong-reviews-of-ghost-cat</link><guid isPermaLink="false">609425c87b9e5a001523a8d2</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2020 17:22:51 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Helen Currie Foster</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please Take (a) Note!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lately I’ve been thinking about remarkable people who never got to see the significance of their work, regardless of its brilliance....]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/post/please-take-a-note</link><guid isPermaLink="false">609426867b9e5a001523a938</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2020 17:26:46 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Helen Currie Foster</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Uses of Disguise]]></title><description><![CDATA[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...]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/post/the-uses-of-disguise</link><guid isPermaLink="false">609427117ab56c0016bdb822</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Helen Currie Foster</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love in the Time of Coronavirus, or Pulling Poems Off the Shelf]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maybe you recall an interview like this, a chance for a fellowship. Three dour English academics at eight a.m., staring skeptically at...]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/post/love-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-or-pulling-poems-off-the-shelf</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6095b214a3e55500152d2e95</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Helen Currie Foster</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discussion Questions, “Ghost Dog”]]></title><description><![CDATA[1. Have you encountered a dog with the kind of loyalty shown by Pardner? 2. What does Pardner’s behavior suggest about the missing...]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/post/discussion-questions-ghost-dog</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6095b28e06285900153ac1d7</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Helen Currie Foster</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell Me a Story!]]></title><description><![CDATA[P.D. James, Talking about Detective Fiction, 2009 “Tell me a story,” begs the child. “Tell me a story about before you met me,” the lover...]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/post/tell-me-a-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">609c2c17ab0c930015e1ade2</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2020 20:27:42 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Helen Currie Foster</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[5th Annual Spicewood BBQ and Chili Cook Off]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ghost Next Door, about to be released as the fifth novel in the Alice MacDonald Greer Mystery series, takes readers to the first official...]]></description><link>https://www.helencurriefoster.com/post/5th-annual-spicewood-bbq-and-chili-cook-off</link><guid isPermaLink="false">609c2ce25b846900156ef10e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2018 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Helen Currie Foster</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>