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I have a physical To Be Read pile about a mile high. I’ve got about a billion things on my e-reader. I often find myself bringing home more books or downloading, knowing I’ll probably not get around to them. . … Continue reading
Diana Pharaoh Francis
I’m not sure about how I feel about the holidays this year. Thanksgiving has never been that big for me, but it is a lovely time to spend with family and have dysfunctional moments with my teenagers. And I’ll have … Continue reading
I have voted, since in Oregon we vote by mail-in ballot. I hope all of you reading this will make your voices heard and vote. Your vote matters. Obviously politics has dominated much of our culture for several years now. … Continue reading
Hi everyone! This weekend my daughter competed in the Regional Bands of America competition in Pleasant Hill, California. The good news is that they won their class and the final competition. They also won in all the competition categories. So … Continue reading
I have three dogs, two of which are puppies. One of them is a mini blue heeler with a whole lot of energy and an unswerving belief that he’s supposed to be in the center of everything. EVERYTHING. Today Merlin … Continue reading
My book, Putting the Fun in Funeral, came out earlier this month. It’s one I enjoyed writing quite a bit. It made me laugh a lot. That was a relief, at the time of writing. I used the novel as … Continue reading
Part I Part II Part III All right, so last time I talked about the recording and the murder. Now I want to talk about the defense story of what happened and why I had such issues with it. I … Continue reading
In Part I and Part II, I talked about things I’d learned and the initial testimony of the coroner, first cops on the scene, and the investigating detective. Now a cybernetics and forensic sound detective was called to the stand. … Continue reading
If you haven’t read part one and you want to, click here. I left off last time having talked about the procedure of the courtroom and what I’d learned. Now I’ll move on to the evidence. The first person on … Continue reading
I had occasion to attend a portion of a murder trial a couple months ago. My husband had to testify, called by the prosecution. More on that later. A man was on trial for murdering his estranged wife on February … Continue reading