by JHowatt | Sep 23, 2022 | Life Style
Grandma Sam: “Victory! A Hole in One and A Perfect Apple Pie!” June 1969. Few first meetings have terrified me more than the one I was about to have with my future mother-in-law, Adria Berniece Howatt – wife of Colonel William J. Howatt, recently retired from an... 
by JHowatt | Aug 30, 2022 | Life Style
Grandma Kay: “I Never Meant to be Ordinary.” Lakeside Center, Ventura, California. 2022. I sat across from my one-hundred-and-three-year-old mother, who sat nestled in her favorite chair next to a table where she kept a half-filled glass of water in case she had a... 
by JHowatt | Aug 22, 2022 | Crime Writing, Life Style
Three Women Who Shaped Me: A Teacher, An Officer’s Wife and A Plucky, German Grandma August 14, 2022. My non-fiction book titled “Jigsaw and Jane: Thirteen Years of Murder and Mayhem with Badge Number One,” which chronicles my thirteen-year crime-solving journey with... 
by JHowatt | May 20, 2022 | Life Style
Grandma Kay and Momdog Tour the Hermitage Museum August 1995. First, my apologies for a misprint in the date of my first Russia blogs. Mom and I traveled in August of 1995 not March of 1999. This will be my last blog about my Russian trip with the indomitable but... 
by JHowatt | Apr 20, 2022 | Life Style
Grandma Kay Creates an Adventure. Peter the Great and Night at the Ballet March 1999. The early morning conversation at Veronica and Igor’s kitchen table was just beginning to break personal barriers. Common themes had just started to emerge–what pursuits were our... 
by Jane Howatt | Apr 11, 2022 | Life Style
Grandma Kay and Momdog Meet Sound of Music: Russian Style March 1999. As Grandma Kay continued her conversation at Veronica’s and Igor’s kitchen table, I decided to take a few photos in case I ever decided to write a story about my Russian adventure with mom. I...