I’m snatching a quiet moment on Christmas Eve to wish everyone a very happy Christmas, and a happy and successful New Year.
This has been a good year for me on the whole – the exception being my broken arm, but that’s mending. Next year I hope will be better still. My new book, DANGER IN THE WIND, is collecting some good reviews and some kind words from people who’ve read it already. I’ve plans to meet up with several old friends for significant birthdays (we won’t go into which decade of significance) and Richard and I hope to snatch a week of holiday sunshine this spring. I hope that you’ve good things in store, and that your wishes for 2012 come true.
Meanwhile, there’s the satisfying feeling that we’ve passed the shortest day of the year – in the Northern hemisphere, anyway – so we’ll soon start to notice lighter mornings and evenings. It may take a few days before we can really spot the difference, but it’s coming. If we were in Ancient Rome we’d be marking midwinter with Saturnalia, holidays, family reunions, feasting, giving presents…sound familiar? Yes. We’ll be doing much the same at Chateau Finnis.
And in between all the celebrations, I’m determined to find time – of course – to read a mystery or two to keep away the winter cold. Why is it enjoyable, even comforting, to read stories of danger and murder? I don’t know, but speaking as a reader, it is – and speaking as a mystery writer, long may it continue to be so.
Have a very good holiday, however you spend it, and make some great memories to carry you through the New Year.
Merry Christmas to you and Richard, Jane!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS JANE AND RICHARD – HEALTH, WEALTH AND JOY IN 2012
LOTS OF FOND MEMORIES, LOVE FROM MARGARET XX
Merry Christmas to the author of my current good read! I’m on my second time in a row reading of Danger in the Wind. I confess I blow through it quickly the first go and then slow down. Enjoying the story! thanks Jane.
Ruth, Margaret, Karen…thank you so much for your Christmas good wishes.
Congratulations on your new book -I’m looking forward to reading it in the New Year,I’m very glad to know your arm is mending well and wish you all the best for 2012.
Barbara Sohi(Nutt)
Barbara, how lovely to hear from you, and many thanks for your good wishes. It’s lovely to hear from one of my oldest friends…er, I mean, longest-standing friends of course! Barbara and I were at Uni together in – well never mind the decade, but it was Swinging, that’s for sure. Keep in touch in 2012 Barbara.