tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post73289482177063948..comments2024-03-29T07:25:04.687-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Dying Declarations ILeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-51196722885852255212023-01-15T18:44:30.967-05:002023-01-15T18:44:30.967-05:00Dale, I always enjoy when we meet up and a lot hin...Dale, I always enjoy when we meet up and a lot hinged on that session. I'm glad you wrote the story and I had a great time exchanging ideas. Thank you for the link!Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-75014889982620332902023-01-15T18:41:20.756-05:002023-01-15T18:41:20.756-05:00Porc-épic is one of my favorite French words. It&#...Porc-épic is one of my favorite French words. It's impossible for me to hear it without hearing Porky Pig. One evening, along the perimeter of Le Bois de Boulogne (one of the city's forests) when my superhearing picked up a rustling along the fence line. I knelt, parted the weeds, and there was a little hedgehog in the middle of Paris. His/her offspring are probably still there, calling out to other porc-épics.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-20253445661968986742023-01-15T18:34:22.867-05:002023-01-15T18:34:22.867-05:00I hadn't thought of A&C. The vignette star...I hadn't thought of A&C. The vignette started writing in my head when I climbed upon a train in DC. I realized I was conflating four famous golden/silver age detectives into two bodies, and they rest they took care of. It was fun.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-22463172258669173002023-01-15T13:20:59.492-05:002023-01-15T13:20:59.492-05:00"Who's on first?" Yes!"Who's on first?" Yes!Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-2554308454183384262023-01-15T11:11:42.679-05:002023-01-15T11:11:42.679-05:00This is Abbott and Costello funny.This is Abbott and Costello funny.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-40569156518897260422023-01-15T10:58:06.370-05:002023-01-15T10:58:06.370-05:00To avoid these situations all of us should remembe...To avoid these situations all of us should remember at the close of our lives this one admonition: Enunciate. (Thanks for the [sort of] kind words Leigh! Anyone interested in my Ellery Queen pastiche "Four Words" referenced by Leigh can find an audio of it over at the EQMM website -- https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/eqmm/episodes/2021-08-04T10_57_33-07_00)Dale Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553503281187956955noreply@blogger.com