POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS

by Sheila Connolly I first posted here almost exactly four years ago.   I was honored to be asked to join the blog, because back the...

by Sheila Connolly Never assume you can’t learn something new, even when it’s about something you’ve been doing for years and think you ...

by Sheila Connolly I do seem to be wallowing in the past lately, don’t I?   Maybe it’s because it’s fall, which is the ending of anoth...

by Sheila Connolly Last week I wrote about the obsolescence of things learned in the past. Now I want to look at learning new things. ...

by Sheila Connolly Once upon a time, we went to school to learn things.   We learned facts, we took tests about them, we filed them in ...

by Sheila Connolly I just returned from the mystery mega-conference Bouchercon, which is a rather overwhelming experience—the esti...

by Sheila Connolly This week marked the 40 th anniversary of the Battle of the Sexes.  Don't have a clue what I'm talking abou...

by Sheila Connolly A few weeks ago I bought a huge lot of antique cookware at a local auction.  When I walked into the preview, I saw...

by Sheila Connolly We're all very connected electronically these days, almost to the point of obsession.  Well, at least a lot of us...

by Sheila Connolly Earlier this week I was sitting in a doctor's office waiting for my appointment.   The ubiquitous large-screen...

by Sheila Connolly Recently I found myself browsing in a used bookstore in Brooklyn.   I was with friends, and we were waiting for a t...