For May we’re planning another Mystery Month with books, TV series and movies of that genre.

It’s very possible we will all still be practicing social distancing and adding a few whodunits and thrillers to our lives could be just what we need.

Are you a fan of hard boiled detectives or do you prefer amateur sleuths? Action thrillers, cozy mysteries or something in between?

Orlando Bartro will share his perspective on mysteries and Linda Cahill will be back with more delicious recipes from Pampered Chef.

Are you going to plant a garden this year? What will you plant? We’ll have a few suggestions.

While you are staying home, please take advantage of our search feature and look for articles you might have missed in This Awful Awesome Life. Take the quizzes and check your results on our Next Month page for each month.

Until next month, stay safe, stay well, wash your hands, don’t touch your face, don’t hoard and practice social distancing.

Enjoy April and we’ll see you in May!

Fran

Answers to the April 2020 Quiz-Cities and Songs

Line from Song, Song Title, Artist/Group, Birthplace of singer(s)/lead singer(s)

1.       There is a house in New Orleans they call…/ “House of the Rising Sun”/  The Animals/ Lead singer Eric Burden was born in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

2.       Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack; I went out for a ride and I never went back…/ “Hungry Heart”/ Bruce Springsteen/ Long Branch, New Jersey

3.       JoJo left his home in Tucson, Arizona for some California grass…/ “Get Back”/ The Beatles/ Paul McCartney who sang lead vocals on this song was born in Liverpool, England

4.       L.A. proved too much for the man…/ “Midnight Train to Georgia”/ Gladys Knight and the Pips/ The lead singer of this group was born in Atlanta, Georgia

5.       I’m headin’ down the Atlanta highway. Lookin’ for the love getaway…/ “Love Shack”/ B52’s/ Lead vocals were shared by Fred Schneider (Newark, New Jersey), Kate Pierson (Weehawken, New Jersey) and Cindy Wilson (Athens, Georgia)

6.       ‘Cause – ‘cause – ‘cause I remember when we used to sit in a government yard in Trenchtown…/ “No Woman No Cry”/ Bob Marley and the Wailers/ The lead singer of this group was born in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, British Jamaica

7.       We all came out to Montreux, on the Lake Geneva shoreline…/ “Smoke on the Water”/ Deep Purple/ Lead singer Ian Gillian is from Chiswick, London, England

8.       Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans way back up in the woods among the evergreens…/ “Johnny B. Goode”/ Chuck Berry/ St. Louis, Missouri

9.       'Cause tonight I'm gonna take that ride, Across the river to the jersey side…/ “Jersey Girl”/ Tom Waits/ Pomona, California

10.   Then I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone going home where the New York City winters aren’t bleeding me…/ “The Boxer”/ Simon & Garfunkel/ The members of this award winning duo were born in Newark, New Jersey and New York City, New York

11.   The closest thing I've ever seen to Heaven's the Gulf of Mexico I'm a child of the Alamo and the Yellow Rose…./ “Take me to Texas”/ George Strait/ Poteet, Texas

12.   If I had my way, I’d just walk out those doors and wander down the Champs Elysees…/ “Free Man in Paris”/ Joni Mitchell/ Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada

13.   My father once told this to me Boston’s gritty history another ruthless battle in a useless holy war…/ “Riot on Broadstreet”/ The Mighty Mighty Bosstones/ Lead singer Dicky Barrett was born in Providence, Rhode Island

14.   I remember the night when we walked in the sands of Waikiki and I held you, oh so tight…/ “Travelin’ Man”/ Ricky Nelson/ Teaneck, New Jersey

15.   They’re wailing in Warwood, in Pittsburgh and St. Lou…/ “Twistin’ USA”/ Chubby Checker/ Spring Gully, South Carolina