June is blooming with both. MOREL
mushrooms poke through Minnesota earth in wooded areas and around deadwood that
surrounds our home each spring. My eagle-eyed daughter—who once could spot a 4
leaf clover while sitting atop a horse—has not lost her uncanny talent. Mid
May, she quickly filled two plastic bags with the brainy-looking fungi while I spotted
only freckled mushrooms that were big as dinner plates. Google and FB to the
rescue! My dinner plate mushrooms were
called pheasant backs, according to a FB friend who suggested the edges were more
edible than the middle. (Breaded and
fried, the morels are a gourmet favorite for us—and most upscale restaurants
when in season.)
Connecting some dots with MORELS
in mind, I was already deep into research—reading Irish fairy tales for Book 3 of
my Accidental Series. Of course, fairy tales are known for their MORALS—silly or serious. And the Irish
are definitely noted for their enchantment with leprechauns and faerie folk—the
sidhe who star in their tales and superstitions.
Sometimes, themes in fiction also drip into the morality pool. And if
the moral in The
Accidental Wife is that a grieving
woman can be transformed in a summer of time travel to find her soulmate in the
19th century, the mirror image of that plot is the soulmate can spring ahead to reunite with her again
in the 21st century sequel, The Accidental
Stranger. (Time travel is a nifty plot filter when a
man loves two nearly identical women and a woman loves two nearly identical men
in the same family—each a century apart.)
I’ve considered an alternate MORAL in
both books: The transforming power of
love bridges time—with twists and turns—to find that sweet “forever.” Here’s hoping a cool drink, good summer reads
and gourmet mushrooms are on your menu!
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