Two sad anniversaries
Well, May 10 has come and gone, signifying seven years of waiting for some degree of justice to be served in the murder of Stacey Burns. What are the odds that nothing is ever going to happen to her killer? If I were a betting person, I would, with a great deal of...Cold case? Again?
Once again, a correspondent mentions in a response comment to one of my posts that the Stacy Burns murder case had been declared a cold case. If anyone out there in Wolfeboro or anywhere else has this from an official source, I and many others, I’m sure, would...A sense of right and wrong
Does everyone have a sense of right and wrong? Is the ability to differentiate between moral and immoral behavior built into all of us? Odd Thomas, one of my absolute favorite fictional characters created by Dean Koontz, states the case like this. “We are born...Live by accident?
Either we live by plan and die by plan, or we live by accident and die by accident. This according to the master playwright and novelist, Thornton Wilder. I was reminded of this quote from The Bridge of San Luis Rey when I heard a play based on this novel will be...The Fallacy of Closure
With the SEVENTH! anniversary of Stacey Burns’ death just weeks away, I thought I’d share a part of a piece I’m revising for entry into a Writer’s Digest Literary contest. The essay deals with our own personal tragedy but I believe some human...Jacket-Cracks in the Wall
Date of publication is yet to be determined but here is the likely front jacket of my new book. I am hoping for a good editing report so the road to publication will be smooth. DukeNot your business!
Almost seven years ago, Stacey Burns was murdered in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Some of my respondents to this blog have indicated that they were told, upon inquiry, that this case was none of their business. When she was slaughtered on Mothers’ Day, 2009, Stacey...Desperate Circumstances?
Did a set of desperate circumstances kill Stacey Burns? Desperate situations often create the environment for desperate actions. When a character in my new book makes the statement that desperate times call for desperate measures, his comrade’s response brings...What Wall?
Some have asked about the title of my new book. What does “Cracks in the Wall” mean? In Live Free or Die, Josie says, “Sometimes we can still see over or through the cracks in the wall we’ve built to shield us from the past.” Have any of...
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