Like so many of my books, it features someone from the world
of television news, which I also can’t get away from, because I keep finding
that it’s easier to write about a world you know than one that is totally
unfamiliar. After 35 years bouncing from TV newsroom to TV newsroom, I learned
a lot about the business and about newsroom personnel in general.
So what would happen if you were an anchorwoman who found yourself
accused of murder and the media itself gets on the bandwagon to pin the rap on
you? Suddenly you might find out you don’t have so many friends in the biz and
not only that, but there are plenty of old rivals who will might come out of
the woodwork now that there is the scent of blood. And I don’t mean the victim’s! That’s the premise of Blues and it’s a book I
spent years working on. Enjoyable years because it’s a humorous mystery. Here’s
the blurb:
But my second level of anticipation has to do with this
weekend, and it’s an event that my mystery heroine, Kimberly de la Garza would
enjoy, I’m sure. Brilliant, Cartier in
the 20th Century just opened
at the Denver Art Museum, and I have tickets for tomorrow morning. I’ve been
looking forward to seeing this ever since it was announced, and I don’t think
this will be the only time I go to see it.
According to the DAM, it’s a “world exclusive exhibition … featuring
stunning jewelry, timepieces, and precious objects created between 1900 and
1975.” It highlights Cartier’s rise to pre eminence, and the pieces featured in
the pictures are stunning. Jewelry designed for royalty and Hollywood stars
like the Duchess of Windsor, Elizabeth Taylor and Princess Grace are among
those that will be on display. I will be
doing a blog on this visit in the future, believe me. And hopefully that can
include pictures. The museum will allow personal pictures, but it won’t allow
big tote bags. I have a feeling the museum guards will be constantly pulling me
back from standing too close as they had to do in the Picasso show a couple of
years ago.
So today, I am drinking a champagne toast in a vintage glass
as I anticipate a great weekend and a great event still to come in 2015. And the Brilliant show is not the only exciting event this weekend. My friends and I will also be paying another visit to the Denver Botanic Gardens to see the Chihuly glass show, which closes next week. We visited several weeks ago and enjoyed it during the day time and pledged to return after dark. The pictures I've seen of the show at night are amazing and we will be bundling up tomorrow night and making another trip through. More to come on this too!Cheers!