I’ve never owned a parrot or any type of bird, so all the information in this book about them was gathered through research, as were the details about the Mennonite religion. The scenes with the kittens were based on my experiences when I adopted my own Harry and Hermione four years ago and some of the things they did when they were young.
It was with sadness that, during the writing of this mystery, after I’d completed the chapter on the 1970s costume dance, I learned that one of my favorite singers/actresses, Olivia Newton John, had passed away. My Buttercup Bend characters, Cathy and Nancy, had already chosen to dress up as Olivia’s character in Grease, a movie I’d enjoyed when I was young.
Grease
