Sparrow Falls Mystery cozy novels

05/23/2020

From a Burbank shelter to television stardom.

03/21/2020

Spring is finally here! It looks like the Turner Classic Movies channel will be celebrating it by showing a bunch of "old futuristic science fiction" type of movies. Anyway, that's certainly their agenda on Tuesday the seventh... On Thursday the second they will be airing all sorts of "You Can't...

03/09/2020

On March 8, 1705, Bath, the first town in colony of North Carolina, was incorporated.

Bath was a thriving town of vital importance to the fledgling colony. The first town lots, recorded and acknowledged in court on October 1, 1706, were those belonging to Christopher Gale, the first Chief Justice of the colony. The following year Bath added a gristmill and the colony’s first shipyard. Other North Carolina firsts in Bath include the public library, St. Thomas Church, and the post road.

Bath became the colony’s first port in 1716, but was later overshadowed by ports which were geographically more suitable. The General Assembly met in Bath in 1743, 1744 and 1752. In 1746 the town was considered for capital of the colony. Bath was home to colonial governors Robert Daniel, Thomas Cary, Charles Eden, and Matthew Rowan. When the Beaufort County seat was moved to Washington, twelve miles away, Bath lost much of its trade and status, becoming the quiet, rural town that it is today.

Bath’s original town limits encompass a historic district today that includes Historic Bath Site.

Pictured here is the Palmer-Marsh House, built in 1751 and Bath's oldest and, in the colonial period, its largest residence.

03/05/2020

In honour of , we’d love to know how old you were when you discovered Christie? We ❤️ hearing stories of fans passing their love of Poirot,Miss Marple or And Then There Were None on to their nearest and dearest! So who introduced you to the Queen of Crime? And when?

02/24/2020

My books featured on Danna's Cozy-Mystery.com
website. Thanks!

https://www.cozy-mystery.com/Donna-McLean.html

01/24/2020

Mystery Woman is still one of the best on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries! Would love to see more of these films made. 🙏

Spend Saturday and Sunday sleuthing with Women of Mystery only on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. Saturday we'll be featuring mystery master Samantha Kinsey in a "Mystery Woman" marathon, followed by a whole day of the classic Signature Mystery Series "Hailey Dean Mysteries" on Sunday!

01/05/2020

Dylan Neal returns as Henry, the culinary expert with a nose for mystery solving, in the Signature Mystery Series premiere of "Roux the Day: A Gourmet Detective Mystery" premiering January 19!

01/04/2020

New mysteries ahead! My favorite is Gourmet Detective. What's yours?

Happy New Year 2020! It's time to resume my blog entry of the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel lineup of upcoming mystery movies. It looks like Hallmark M & M is going to continue showing reruns of their Christmas movies until Sunday the fifth, when they will be showing some Magnum P.I. r

11/02/2019

On November 1, 1859, the Cape Lookout Lighthouse was lit for the first time. Begun in 1857, the lighthouse took two years to construct, replacing a previous light built around 1812. The present tower, rising 208 feet, became the model for all subsequent lighthouse construction along the Outer Banks, especially the Cape Hatteras, Bodie Island and Currituck lighthouses.

Built to alert sailors of the dangerous shoals on the southern tip of Core Banks, an area known since the late sixteenth century as “horrible headland,” the light could be seen from up to 19 miles out at sea. Until the completion of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in 1870, the Cape Lookout light was the tallest such structure south of New Jersey.

In 1873, the Light House Board assigned the familiar diamond pattern to Cape Lookout, and the small community around the lighthouse took the name “Diamond City” around 1885 as a result. Though the community prospered for a brief time, largely due to the success of the whaling industry, it was abandoned after a strong hurricane in August 1899 nearly destroyed it.

Today, the Cape Lookout Lighthouse is one of the main attractions on the Cape Lookout National Seashore, administered by the National Park Service.

10/24/2019

On October 23, 1896, the first rural free delivery, or RFD mail service in North Carolina was established in the small community of China Grove, near Salisbury in Rowan County.

Postal service via RFD included the delivery of all postal items, free of charge, to citizens at their homes, eliminating the need to visit the local post office. Initially only two citizens were willing to accept the service. Local skepticism for the mail delivery stemmed from concerns about theft and reliability. Postmaster J.C. Deaton, with two assistants, canvassed the area around China Grove, pleading for local residents to try the system. The new routes covered approximately 18 miles in Rowan County, and were slowly expanded as citizen began to trust the RFD system. Although development was slow, today’s postal system derives from the scheme first tested out in North Carolina.

Mail service began in North Carolina in the 1730s as the colonial government extended postal routes through the Carolinas to Charleston. By the 1780s there were only four post offices in North Carolina. By 1851, the number of post offices had increased to nearly 800.

Pictured is a Rural Free Delivery mail carrier at Chadbourn in the early 1900s. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill Library.

10/03/2019

Today in history, one of the greatest classic television shows began its first season. In case you’re wondering, it’s “The Andy Griffith Show!” On October 3, 1960 “The New Housekeeper” aired and caused us to fall in love with Mayberry and all of its residents. It’s safe to say, this lovable show has clearly won the hearts of viewers across generations—beginning in October 1960, all the way to present, and beyond!

08/08/2019

DYK you can vacation in Mayberry? 🙂

Can’t beat a sunny evening in Mayberry. Make your reservations for fall while rooms are still available!

07/24/2019

Taking a little break from the heat with afternoon tea! ☕️

07/02/2019

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Our friend’s at House-Autry Mills have created a delicious Cheerwine Hushpuppy. This is a fun and easy recipe sure to wow your guests for the 4th of July holiday. 🇺🇸

Check out the recipe here: https://bit.ly/324Q5hJ

06/30/2019

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06/28/2019

The tallest brick lighthouse in America is right here in the Tar Heel State. Have you climbed to the top of Cape Hatteras Light yet?
Photo credit: Shunyu Fan / Getty Images.

05/24/2019

They don't make them like they used to! But luckily, you can experience all the nostalgia with these twelve stores.

04/04/2019

What a beautiful place to enjoy the season!