Apr 14, 2025 | A Day In My Life
When the Kat’s Away… The Kat’s away—and oh, how the mice will play (if you’ll pardon the pun). Yes, my darling daughter has been invited to be the keynote speaker at a prestigious Dolls Convention—the name escapes me, but it’s all very fancy—in the USA. She’s been...
Apr 9, 2025 | A Day In My Life
November 4, 1924 My greetings to you. I am Hoong Liang. Your curiosity about my day honors me and I shall try to satisfy it. I suppose your interest stems from the fact that I’m what we would have called, in my army years, a comrade-in-arms to Judge Dee Ren Jie....
Apr 8, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Hi, I’m Allie McMurphy and my mother is driving me crazy. It’s no wonder my pets – Mal the bichonpoo and Mella my calico cat – and I would rather solve a murder than get ready for my wedding. Of course, I have to get ready for the wedding. It’s only two weeks away....
Apr 7, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Aloha, all, I’m Valerie Corbin. My wife Kristen and I moved to the Big Island of Hawai‘i from Los Angeles four months ago, after falling in love with the place on our vacation here the previous spring. (Yes, that trip did include a few hitches—not the least of which...
Apr 4, 2025 | A Day In My Life
When I was living in Paris after my second divorce, I spent my days shopping, lunching, and lounging. Then came March 2020, when I was summoned back to my Hudson Valley hometown because my widowed mother was ill. At the time, I thought it was terrible timing. Stranded...
Apr 3, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Habits are so deeply engrained in my life that I never set an alarm to wake up. Following a morning devotion, tea, and a bagel, I change into sweatpants and a jacket and lace up my sneakers for my daily walk around the neighborhood. I use a pedometer to count my steps...
