L. D. Christianson

A note before I get into the meat of the post: Several of my subscribers reported not receiving a notification about last week's post,...

Happy New Year’s Eve if you are reading this the day it’s posted. Otherwise, Happy 2025! I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I was...

It's that time of year! Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and before you even start digesting all the turkey and pumpkin pie, it...

A new Bundle of Thyme Column!

The long awaited day has arrived! I've finally finished dealing with all my publishing issues, and White Marbles is ready for you to...

One of the things that sparked my love for the past was 1960s sitcoms. For years, I unwound before bedtime by watching an episode with my...

It’s been a busy week in writing land, so I dipped into my archives for today’s post. Last year, I took a poetry course in college. It...

Even if you don’t think this will be your kind of post, please read it. It’s an important and timely topic. In fact, it’s a lot more...

photo credit: NBC Last week, I looked at a book that, while it was enjoyable, was too different from other mysteries to fit my...

This week’s topic grew out of my most recent read, Margery Allingham’s The Late Pig . It’s a short book, my copy is just shy of 140...

Some of you may have noticed I didn’t publish a post last week. My usual posting day fell right in the middle of a pretty bad spot of...

Have you ever wished you could travel back in time? Not because there was some grave error you wanted to warn your past self to...

I heard it in a Hobby Lobby, as all good stories start. I was on the sticker aisle, where glossy sheets line every inch on either side,...

The first post in a series on my favorite mystery authors.