ClassicAndCozy

I've been Missing in Action for much of the last month. My family wonders where Mom has gone. My neighbors may be asking if I've mov...

Many years ago, my mother travelled with a group from her church to England. On this trip, she visited the birthplace of J...

Writing is a lonely vocation. Most of it is done either alone in an office or with a cadre of imaginary friends inside the author’s own hea...

I’m a sucker for a good story.    It’s an occupational hazard for fiction writers, but a great story line wins me over easily. Two of my fa...

Independence Day week was hot where we live in California's Central Valley. We opted to enjoy cooler weather and different scenery on th...

Father's Day has come and gone again. Since my own dad's passing in 2012, I always find a bittersweet element to this nationwide cel...

We've just passed Mother's Day, my first without my mother. She passed last July with me at her side. She was 93, blind, and in cons...

        My husband and I recently spent 14 months living in Kayenta, Arizona, and working in addiction recovery programs. We loved the work,...

by Fran McNabb Not everyone will agree with my opinion here, but that’s okay. Everyone has different likes and dislikes in the books t...

by Sandra Carey Cody One of the questions writers are often asked is: “Do you use real people in your books?” There’s no simple yes or...

 by Fran McNabb                                    I’m excited to once again be back as a regular on Classic and Cozy taking the fourt...

On the last Saturday in August, my husband and I arrived in Kayenta, Arizona. We have come here, to the heart of the Navajo Nation, to work ...