Patricia Stoltey

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With My Back to the Sun, I Still Saw the Eclipse

August 22, 2017 By: Patricia

I spent the duration of the eclipse yesterday sitting in my lawn chair with the sun shining on my shoulders from the back. I felt the chill descend when the eclipse reached near totality. I saw the light turn a weird yellow that gave me a bit of a chill down my spine. I heard …Read More

Tag: Eclipse photos 2017

Saying Good-bye to the Grapes and the Trellis

May 18, 2016 By: Patricia

The wind broke the main post of my grape trellis off at the base this winter. It’s leaning precariously, but tied to the aspen tree to make sure it doesn’t collapse across the sidewalk. Poor broken thing. I’ll be taking it down piece by piece as soon as the rains stop and the ground dries …Read More

Tag: changes, gardening, the writing life

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Meet Patricia

I read, I write, I blog, and sometimes I do the laundry and cook. My 2014 novel, Dead Wrong, was a finalist in the thriller category of the 2015 Colorado Book Awards. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage, December 20, 2017) is a historical mystery set in 1830s Illinois in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. The novel was a finalist for the 2018 Colorado Book Awards for General Fiction. Read More…

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