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Postcard Mystery #1, Part 8: Bella, Book, & Flashlight

4/27/2023

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Matt -

I guess the case of Bella, Book, & Flashlight is officially closed. I came home from work the other night and had a letter in my mailbox. You can tell a child wrote it. It explained that the video was a school project. They were unsure of what exactly happened--it was dusk after all--when they found Bella floating in the water.  They knew she was mine and returned her to my doorstep. They heard me opening the door, got spooked, and ran, leaving behind the flashlight and book by accident. They did dedicate their project to Bella, which made me smile.

-KC
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Postcard Mystery #1, Part 7: Bella, Book & Flashlight

3/1/2023

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Matt -

​You are correct! They were re-enacting a scene from the book! Can you believe that? Ten year olds! I assumed that Bella got in the way--you know she likes to hunt frogs in the cattails. The kids tied the flashlight to a branch to be a "spear." The flashlight must've hit poor Bella by accident. The kids seem harmless.

-KC
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Postcard Mystery #1, Part 6: Bella, Book & Flashlight

1/25/2023

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Matt - 

I have to admit, I was doing the dishes Saturday evening and I saw some of the neighbor kids passing between houses towards the pond. I watched them from behind my drapes like a weirdo. One kid carried what looked like a sailboat--only it didn't have sails. Another kid had a remote control for it and it swam across the water. Can you guess what conclusion I drew?

-KC
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Postcard Mystery #1, Part 5: Bella, Book, & Flashlight

1/15/2023

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So I left the copy of Moby Dick on the front steps, on display, like you said. It was gone when I checked on it. My covert stakeout skills suck. I don't know who took it, or where it went.--PLEASE hold your scolding! I did get a footprint in the dirt below the first step! It was a child's footprint (or an adult with abnormally small feet).

​-KC
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Postcard Mystery #1, Part 4: Bella, Book, & Flashlight

1/5/2023

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Seriously Matt, I know a three-second Google search would translate MCMXC to 1990. You don't have to be a know-it-all partner like when we were kids! And, yes, we do have some kids on the block. They are about 10--or 12?--but I will NOT stalk them. That's creepy, especially if I'm--as you put it--"discreetly hiding behind a building or bush." I will not be arrested during a Curious Kids escapade! What's Plan B?

​-KC
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Postcard Mystery #1, Part 3: Bella, Book, & Flashlight

10/6/2022

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Matt - 

Don't worry! Bella is laid to rest next to Mr. Tonkles. Her collar seems normal, no tears or debris. I did notice a bit of yarn on the bottom of the flashlight. I don't know why you need to know, but the flashlight is yellow and the copywriter year of the book is MCMXC - you can translate that. It's one of those large print editions for kids.

​-KC
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Postcard Mystery #1, Part 2: Bella, Book, & Flashlight

9/23/2022

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Matt - 

It's no joke! I swear it really happened! The case of Bella, Book, & Flashlight is officially open! Here are the details: Bella was placed on the doormat, wet. The book was facedown and opened to random crinkled pages. The flashlight was, well, a flashlight, but was left at the top of the stairs, not next to Bella like the book. I can't make sense of it.

​- KC
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Postcard Mystery #1, Part 1: Bella, Book, & Flashlight

9/13/2022

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Matt - 

Remember when we were kids and solved mysteries? Like The Case of the Soda Pop Dandelions? Where we followed footsteps in the dirty, found a patch of the neighbor's law, without dandelions, and Lucy's doll? I think the Curious Kids need a 20 year reunion... because I found Bella, my cat, dead on my doorstep with a flashlight and a tattered, water-worn copy of Moby Dick. What do you think?

​-KC
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Postcard Mysteries!

9/10/2022

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Stay tuned for a new special series! These are mini-mysteries are written via postcards. Yes, they really do get sent out and the recipient reads one card (clue?) one week (or so) at a time! The mini-mysteries, however, are all fiction. 

I am excited about this exercise--as I buy postcards every time I travel and they mostly sit in a box for years. Wait, does this mean I get to write off my next trip as a business expense? Ha! Stay tuned because this series is coming at ya soon!!
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Wish 19: The Wish Journal Series

8/31/2022

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  NOTE: This series chronicles the wishes Tina writes in the Wish Journal she received from her aunt when she turned 13. To better understand Tina's character, be sure to read her other wishes in chronological order.

It was time, Tina could feel it. It was late spring and the window was left open just a bit so that the crickets serenaded her from afar. 

The last stroke left Tina's right side nearly useless. Even her grandkids couldn't understand her, couldn't have fun and make memories with her. Before Gemma had left that day, Tina asked her to dig out that old Wish Journal and leave it on the table beside the bed, next to the dinner she didn't have an appetite to eat.

She grabbed the pencil foreignly with her left hand and then opened to a clean page in the journal. She rested her dead right arm on it as a paper weight, to keep it from closing on her. Shakily, she began to write the final entry in her Wish Journal.
Wish #19:  I wish a world of luck and happiness upon my daughter, Gemma.
My last wish is for my dear Gemma: the child I hoped and prayed for and loved more than my own life.  My wish is that she lives a long a fulfilling life, full of good choices, happy memories, and to always find the positive side. 

I wish she will live every day knowing I loved her, up until my last breath and beyond. Both her father and I love her very, very much.
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