Mar 5, 2015 | A Day In My Life
When my life blew up—when I stumbled over my now-ex husband, Mr. Bicycle Cop, practically plugging coins into Miss Meter Maid (I can’t bring myself to say “parking enforcement officer”) and then the job I loved, managing staff HR for a huge law firm, disappeared when...
Mar 4, 2015 | A Day In My Life
5:30 am – Get into Hair and Make-up. Really? Why did I agree to appear on the godawful reality TV show, Love or Money? Oh yeah. Life wasn’t going as smoothly as it could. 6:30 am – I’m still not awake yet, and I look unrealistically pretty for this “reality” show....
Mar 3, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Occupation: Gentlewoman of England I was born Rosamond Appleton, the illegitimate child of a wayward knight. His widow took on the duties of a foster mother. She raised and educated me—in a manner far beyond what most young gentlewomen are taught—and spoiled me as if...
Mar 2, 2015 | A Day In My Life
There it is! Would you mind? Just kick it over here – yes, thank you! I know it’s simply a button, one of those round-topped ones with a big, braided dome. But that’s what makes it special. That’s what makes it roll in such an intriguing semi-circle, as if it were...