When people think of Australia and the wildlife to be feared, they think of snakes and spiders, sharks and crocodiles… they probably don’t think of moths the size of your hand. A construction worker at a school in Queensland found this female wood moth… We have the largest species of wood moths in the world…
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A concerning ingredient
What’s wrong with this picture? But first, for those of you who are new readers, I play clarinet in a community concert band. If you aren’t familiar with a clarinet, here’s a quick 101 on maintenance. A clarinet breaks down into 5 pieces to be packed into the case. In the image of the clarinet…
Witches, women and beer
This is the supposed origin story of witches. I read about it the other day and found it fascinating. Apparently, until the 1500s, the job of brewing beer was a woman’s job. Beer has been drunk for something like 7,000 years, and as it used grains and was part of a normal diet, the fermentation…
I’m a Daphne finalist
I’m very excited to be able to announce that my manuscript is a finalist in the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense in the unpublished mainstream mystery/suspense category. The Daphne is run by the Kiss of Death chapter of RWA (America). Good luck to the other finalists *waving*: Liz Boeger Lis Angus Raimey…
A break from murder and mayhem
After a month of posts on poisons and stories of their use, which wasn’t exactly an uplifting topic (although fascinating), I thought I should make my first non A to Z post a little more rainbows and unicorns. So here are a few little heartwarming stories to shake-off the doom and gloom you might now…