Welcome to The Tearoom

    • The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

      I blame all of the cartoon adaptations that have popped up over the years. These adaptations present children with a softened version of the story, so it is a surprise when one opens the…

    • Review: The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett

      When a famous Russian pianist is found dead in Windsor castle the morning after a lavish party, the police first assume that it was a suicide. Soon, a new theory surfaces involving politics and…

    • Entering the Mystery Genre

      Aware that I haven’t the slightest idea of how to write a mystery, I began searching for good ones to read. Ever loyal to the classics, I am reading Agatha Christie–but since what I’m…

    • NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman

      I know I have written about the book Neverwhere in the past. It’s one of the few books I classify as favorites. Those stories become favorites because something about them remains in me. It…

    • Your Favorite Author?

      Your Favorite Author?

      It takes a while to discover which authors you might call ‘favorites.’ I, for one, tend to bounce from book to book, rarely lingering on a single author unless they wrote classics. Charles Dickens…

    • From Dust to Rich Soil

      All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Ecclesiastes 3:20 We have begun the liturgical season of Lent. Through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, Christians worldwide remind themselves…

    • How Covid Affected My Faith

      How Covid Affected My Faith

      This is part one of a long testimonial that sprang from a single question. If anything, the virus has forced me to think hard about what I believe and why. I do not know…

    • Poem: Avonlea

      Five monarchs flutter in a row–They’re grace on wings,And as they go,Time stops. Am I in Avonlea?Though Avonlea has never seenFive monarchs in a row! They make no sound to my own ear,Yet my…

    • Church-Cat & Her Conscience

      I am fond of the little world I’m creating with religious critters. Here continues the Church-Mouse saga with our new protagonist, Church-Cat!

    The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

    I blame all of the cartoon adaptations that have popped up over the years. These adaptations present children with a softened version of the story, so it is a surprise when one opens the…

    • The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

      I blame all of the cartoon adaptations that have popped up over the years. These adaptations present children with a softened version of the story, so it is a surprise when one opens the…

    • Review: The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett

      When a famous Russian pianist is found dead in Windsor castle the morning after a lavish party, the police first assume that it was a suicide. Soon, a new theory surfaces involving politics and…

    • Entering the Mystery Genre

      Aware that I haven’t the slightest idea of how to write a mystery, I began searching for good ones to read. Ever loyal to the classics, I am reading Agatha Christie–but since what I’m…

    • NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman

      I know I have written about the book Neverwhere in the past. It’s one of the few books I classify as favorites. Those stories become favorites because something about them remains in me. It…

    • Your Favorite Author?

      Your Favorite Author?

      It takes a while to discover which authors you might call ‘favorites.’ I, for one, tend to bounce from book to book, rarely lingering on a single author unless they wrote classics. Charles Dickens…

    • From Dust to Rich Soil

      All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Ecclesiastes 3:20 We have begun the liturgical season of Lent. Through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, Christians worldwide remind themselves…

    • How Covid Affected My Faith

      How Covid Affected My Faith

      This is part one of a long testimonial that sprang from a single question. If anything, the virus has forced me to think hard about what I believe and why. I do not know…

    • Poem: Avonlea

      Five monarchs flutter in a row–They’re grace on wings,And as they go,Time stops. Am I in Avonlea?Though Avonlea has never seenFive monarchs in a row! They make no sound to my own ear,Yet my…

    • Church-Cat & Her Conscience

      I am fond of the little world I’m creating with religious critters. Here continues the Church-Mouse saga with our new protagonist, Church-Cat!

    Review: The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett

    When a famous Russian pianist is found dead in Windsor castle the morning after a lavish party, the police first assume that it was a suicide. Soon, a new theory surfaces involving politics and…

    • The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

      I blame all of the cartoon adaptations that have popped up over the years. These adaptations present children with a softened version of the story, so it is a surprise when one opens the…

    • Review: The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett

      When a famous Russian pianist is found dead in Windsor castle the morning after a lavish party, the police first assume that it was a suicide. Soon, a new theory surfaces involving politics and…

    • Entering the Mystery Genre

      Aware that I haven’t the slightest idea of how to write a mystery, I began searching for good ones to read. Ever loyal to the classics, I am reading Agatha Christie–but since what I’m…

    • NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman

      I know I have written about the book Neverwhere in the past. It’s one of the few books I classify as favorites. Those stories become favorites because something about them remains in me. It…

    • Your Favorite Author?

      Your Favorite Author?

      It takes a while to discover which authors you might call ‘favorites.’ I, for one, tend to bounce from book to book, rarely lingering on a single author unless they wrote classics. Charles Dickens…

    • From Dust to Rich Soil

      All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Ecclesiastes 3:20 We have begun the liturgical season of Lent. Through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, Christians worldwide remind themselves…

    • How Covid Affected My Faith

      How Covid Affected My Faith

      This is part one of a long testimonial that sprang from a single question. If anything, the virus has forced me to think hard about what I believe and why. I do not know…

    • Poem: Avonlea

      Five monarchs flutter in a row–They’re grace on wings,And as they go,Time stops. Am I in Avonlea?Though Avonlea has never seenFive monarchs in a row! They make no sound to my own ear,Yet my…

    • Church-Cat & Her Conscience

      I am fond of the little world I’m creating with religious critters. Here continues the Church-Mouse saga with our new protagonist, Church-Cat!

    Entering the Mystery Genre

    Aware that I haven’t the slightest idea of how to write a mystery, I began searching for good ones to read. Ever loyal to the classics, I am reading Agatha Christie–but since what I’m…

    • The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

      I blame all of the cartoon adaptations that have popped up over the years. These adaptations present children with a softened version of the story, so it is a surprise when one opens the…

    • Review: The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett

      When a famous Russian pianist is found dead in Windsor castle the morning after a lavish party, the police first assume that it was a suicide. Soon, a new theory surfaces involving politics and…

    • Entering the Mystery Genre

      Aware that I haven’t the slightest idea of how to write a mystery, I began searching for good ones to read. Ever loyal to the classics, I am reading Agatha Christie–but since what I’m…

    • NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman

      I know I have written about the book Neverwhere in the past. It’s one of the few books I classify as favorites. Those stories become favorites because something about them remains in me. It…

    • Your Favorite Author?

      Your Favorite Author?

      It takes a while to discover which authors you might call ‘favorites.’ I, for one, tend to bounce from book to book, rarely lingering on a single author unless they wrote classics. Charles Dickens…

    • From Dust to Rich Soil

      All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Ecclesiastes 3:20 We have begun the liturgical season of Lent. Through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, Christians worldwide remind themselves…

    • How Covid Affected My Faith

      How Covid Affected My Faith

      This is part one of a long testimonial that sprang from a single question. If anything, the virus has forced me to think hard about what I believe and why. I do not know…

    • Poem: Avonlea

      Five monarchs flutter in a row–They’re grace on wings,And as they go,Time stops. Am I in Avonlea?Though Avonlea has never seenFive monarchs in a row! They make no sound to my own ear,Yet my…

    • Church-Cat & Her Conscience

      I am fond of the little world I’m creating with religious critters. Here continues the Church-Mouse saga with our new protagonist, Church-Cat!

    NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman

    I know I have written about the book Neverwhere in the past. It’s one of the few books I classify as favorites. Those stories become favorites because something about them remains in me. It…

    • The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

      I blame all of the cartoon adaptations that have popped up over the years. These adaptations present children with a softened version of the story, so it is a surprise when one opens the…

    • Review: The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett

      When a famous Russian pianist is found dead in Windsor castle the morning after a lavish party, the police first assume that it was a suicide. Soon, a new theory surfaces involving politics and…

    • Entering the Mystery Genre

      Aware that I haven’t the slightest idea of how to write a mystery, I began searching for good ones to read. Ever loyal to the classics, I am reading Agatha Christie–but since what I’m…

    • NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman

      I know I have written about the book Neverwhere in the past. It’s one of the few books I classify as favorites. Those stories become favorites because something about them remains in me. It…

    • Your Favorite Author?

      Your Favorite Author?

      It takes a while to discover which authors you might call ‘favorites.’ I, for one, tend to bounce from book to book, rarely lingering on a single author unless they wrote classics. Charles Dickens…

    • From Dust to Rich Soil

      All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Ecclesiastes 3:20 We have begun the liturgical season of Lent. Through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, Christians worldwide remind themselves…

    • How Covid Affected My Faith

      How Covid Affected My Faith

      This is part one of a long testimonial that sprang from a single question. If anything, the virus has forced me to think hard about what I believe and why. I do not know…

    • Poem: Avonlea

      Five monarchs flutter in a row–They’re grace on wings,And as they go,Time stops. Am I in Avonlea?Though Avonlea has never seenFive monarchs in a row! They make no sound to my own ear,Yet my…

    • Church-Cat & Her Conscience

      I am fond of the little world I’m creating with religious critters. Here continues the Church-Mouse saga with our new protagonist, Church-Cat!

    Your Favorite Author?

    Your Favorite Author?

    It takes a while to discover which authors you might call ‘favorites.’ I, for one, tend to bounce from book to book, rarely lingering on a single author unless they wrote classics. Charles Dickens…

    • The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

      I blame all of the cartoon adaptations that have popped up over the years. These adaptations present children with a softened version of the story, so it is a surprise when one opens the…

    • Review: The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett

      When a famous Russian pianist is found dead in Windsor castle the morning after a lavish party, the police first assume that it was a suicide. Soon, a new theory surfaces involving politics and…

    • Entering the Mystery Genre

      Aware that I haven’t the slightest idea of how to write a mystery, I began searching for good ones to read. Ever loyal to the classics, I am reading Agatha Christie–but since what I’m…

    • NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman

      I know I have written about the book Neverwhere in the past. It’s one of the few books I classify as favorites. Those stories become favorites because something about them remains in me. It…

    • Your Favorite Author?

      Your Favorite Author?

      It takes a while to discover which authors you might call ‘favorites.’ I, for one, tend to bounce from book to book, rarely lingering on a single author unless they wrote classics. Charles Dickens…

    • From Dust to Rich Soil

      All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Ecclesiastes 3:20 We have begun the liturgical season of Lent. Through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, Christians worldwide remind themselves…

    • How Covid Affected My Faith

      How Covid Affected My Faith

      This is part one of a long testimonial that sprang from a single question. If anything, the virus has forced me to think hard about what I believe and why. I do not know…

    • Poem: Avonlea

      Five monarchs flutter in a row–They’re grace on wings,And as they go,Time stops. Am I in Avonlea?Though Avonlea has never seenFive monarchs in a row! They make no sound to my own ear,Yet my…

    • Church-Cat & Her Conscience

      I am fond of the little world I’m creating with religious critters. Here continues the Church-Mouse saga with our new protagonist, Church-Cat!

    From Dust to Rich Soil

    All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Ecclesiastes 3:20 We have begun the liturgical season of Lent. Through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, Christians worldwide remind themselves…

    • The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

      I blame all of the cartoon adaptations that have popped up over the years. These adaptations present children with a softened version of the story, so it is a surprise when one opens the…

    • Review: The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett

      When a famous Russian pianist is found dead in Windsor castle the morning after a lavish party, the police first assume that it was a suicide. Soon, a new theory surfaces involving politics and…

    • Entering the Mystery Genre

      Aware that I haven’t the slightest idea of how to write a mystery, I began searching for good ones to read. Ever loyal to the classics, I am reading Agatha Christie–but since what I’m…

    • NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman

      I know I have written about the book Neverwhere in the past. It’s one of the few books I classify as favorites. Those stories become favorites because something about them remains in me. It…

    • Your Favorite Author?

      Your Favorite Author?

      It takes a while to discover which authors you might call ‘favorites.’ I, for one, tend to bounce from book to book, rarely lingering on a single author unless they wrote classics. Charles Dickens…

    • From Dust to Rich Soil

      All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Ecclesiastes 3:20 We have begun the liturgical season of Lent. Through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, Christians worldwide remind themselves…

    • How Covid Affected My Faith

      How Covid Affected My Faith

      This is part one of a long testimonial that sprang from a single question. If anything, the virus has forced me to think hard about what I believe and why. I do not know…

    • Poem: Avonlea

      Five monarchs flutter in a row–They’re grace on wings,And as they go,Time stops. Am I in Avonlea?Though Avonlea has never seenFive monarchs in a row! They make no sound to my own ear,Yet my…

    • Church-Cat & Her Conscience

      I am fond of the little world I’m creating with religious critters. Here continues the Church-Mouse saga with our new protagonist, Church-Cat!

    How Covid Affected My Faith

    How Covid Affected My Faith

    This is part one of a long testimonial that sprang from a single question. If anything, the virus has forced me to think hard about what I believe and why. I do not know…

    • The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

      I blame all of the cartoon adaptations that have popped up over the years. These adaptations present children with a softened version of the story, so it is a surprise when one opens the…

    • Review: The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett

      When a famous Russian pianist is found dead in Windsor castle the morning after a lavish party, the police first assume that it was a suicide. Soon, a new theory surfaces involving politics and…

    • Entering the Mystery Genre

      Aware that I haven’t the slightest idea of how to write a mystery, I began searching for good ones to read. Ever loyal to the classics, I am reading Agatha Christie–but since what I’m…

    • NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman

      I know I have written about the book Neverwhere in the past. It’s one of the few books I classify as favorites. Those stories become favorites because something about them remains in me. It…

    • Your Favorite Author?

      Your Favorite Author?

      It takes a while to discover which authors you might call ‘favorites.’ I, for one, tend to bounce from book to book, rarely lingering on a single author unless they wrote classics. Charles Dickens…

    • From Dust to Rich Soil

      All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Ecclesiastes 3:20 We have begun the liturgical season of Lent. Through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, Christians worldwide remind themselves…

    • How Covid Affected My Faith

      How Covid Affected My Faith

      This is part one of a long testimonial that sprang from a single question. If anything, the virus has forced me to think hard about what I believe and why. I do not know…

    • Poem: Avonlea

      Five monarchs flutter in a row–They’re grace on wings,And as they go,Time stops. Am I in Avonlea?Though Avonlea has never seenFive monarchs in a row! They make no sound to my own ear,Yet my…

    • Church-Cat & Her Conscience

      I am fond of the little world I’m creating with religious critters. Here continues the Church-Mouse saga with our new protagonist, Church-Cat!

    Poem: Avonlea

    Five monarchs flutter in a row–They’re grace on wings,And as they go,Time stops. Am I in Avonlea?Though Avonlea has never seenFive monarchs in a row! They make no sound to my own ear,Yet my…

    • The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

      I blame all of the cartoon adaptations that have popped up over the years. These adaptations present children with a softened version of the story, so it is a surprise when one opens the…

    • Review: The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennett

      When a famous Russian pianist is found dead in Windsor castle the morning after a lavish party, the police first assume that it was a suicide. Soon, a new theory surfaces involving politics and…

    • Entering the Mystery Genre

      Aware that I haven’t the slightest idea of how to write a mystery, I began searching for good ones to read. Ever loyal to the classics, I am reading Agatha Christie–but since what I’m…

    • NEVERWHERE by Neil Gaiman

      I know I have written about the book Neverwhere in the past. It’s one of the few books I classify as favorites. Those stories become favorites because something about them remains in me. It…

    • Your Favorite Author?

      Your Favorite Author?

      It takes a while to discover which authors you might call ‘favorites.’ I, for one, tend to bounce from book to book, rarely lingering on a single author unless they wrote classics. Charles Dickens…

    • From Dust to Rich Soil

      All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Ecclesiastes 3:20 We have begun the liturgical season of Lent. Through prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, Christians worldwide remind themselves…

    • How Covid Affected My Faith

      How Covid Affected My Faith

      This is part one of a long testimonial that sprang from a single question. If anything, the virus has forced me to think hard about what I believe and why. I do not know…

    • Poem: Avonlea

      Five monarchs flutter in a row–They’re grace on wings,And as they go,Time stops. Am I in Avonlea?Though Avonlea has never seenFive monarchs in a row! They make no sound to my own ear,Yet my…

    • Church-Cat & Her Conscience

      I am fond of the little world I’m creating with religious critters. Here continues the Church-Mouse saga with our new protagonist, Church-Cat!

    Church-Cat & Her Conscience

    I am fond of the little world I’m creating with religious critters. Here continues the Church-Mouse saga with our new protagonist, Church-Cat!