L. R. Trovillion earned a degree in Russian Language and Literature and has found work at various times of her life as a translator, teacher, reporter, editor, groom and stall cleaner. Nowadays, she makes her home in Maryland on a small horse farm, which she shares with her husband, daughter, and an assortment of four-legged creatures who really run the place.
L. R. Trovillion earned a degree in Russian Language and Literature and has found work at various times of her life as a translator, teacher, reporter, editor, groom and stall cleaner. Nowadays, she makes her home in Maryland on a small horse farm, which she shares with her husband, daughter, and an assortment of four-legged creatures who really run the place.
A body in the trough. A message meant for her. And a killer hiding in plain sight…
Pia Murphy thought she’d finally turned the corner—reviving her family’s struggling horse farm, training for a new career as a private investigator, and daring to believe her luck might be changing. But hope vanishes the morning a corpse is discovered in her horse’...
Aurnia O’Clery believes in science, facts, and what she can see with her own eyes. And that belief has served her well over the past twenty-seven years. It sealed her off from trusting the airy-fairy tales of enchantment and powerful legends her Irish granddad spun to convince her everything would be all right. Even after her mother’s suicide....
One shameful act can haunt you for a lifetime. Or maybe longer…
1928: Socialite Olivia Pumphrey Hunt enjoyed every pleasure the Jazz Age had to offer. So when she’s found dead after a wild party, few are surprised. Except Olivia, when she “awakens” to find her lifeless body splayed open on an autopsy table. Trapped in a silent world between the...
A Young Adult series exploring the coming-of-age challenges set against an equestrian setting to include show jumping, dressage, and eventing. The books follow the challenges of three young women as they navigate mystery, betrayal, adventure, and even some romance.
Note: The picture is AI created as an illustration.
Happy Friday! (a few days late)
Today on my White Dog Walk I revisited the theme of fear addressed in an earlier post, BUT today I thought more about assessing risk which leads to fear.
Before fear has you in its icy grip (cliché alert), your mind has quickly evaluated the environment, the threat, the danger, or whatever risk that pushes your response into fight, flight, or freeze mode.
White Dog Walks is about going out in nature and not listening to anything but my thoughts. It can produce all kinds of revelations. Today, I started thinking about fear.
No, not because a boogeyman was stalking me in the woods or because I’ve been listening to too many true crime podcasts (which I have), but because fear and anxiety is pervasive in our lives today. I wanted to give some thought as to why.
It is a complicated question, so I started simply by observing what causes fear. One...
Today the air quality here in the Mid Atlantic is Code Red, meaning it is so poor that those with compromised health should stay indoors with windows shut. The Maryland Department of Health issued a Code Purple (I’ve never seen this one) for most of Maryland. This comes after a 3-day heat dome, trapping extremely hot temperatures at ground level both day and night.
