Oct 12, 2022 | A Day In My Life
It’s a week before Halloween. The house doesn’t have a single decoration. My darling four-and-a-half-year-old son can’t stop talking about pumpkins and dressing up. He wants a costume for his calico kitten, Camo. I’ll have to check where I can get one. Miriam,...
Oct 11, 2022 | A Day In My Life
Even after three years, inhaling the crisp scent of paper and ink, mingled with hints of cedar, vanilla, and chocolate as I step through the front door, brings a smile to my face. Opening a book and chocolate shop at the foot of the Rocky Mountains was what I dreamed...
Oct 7, 2022 | A Day In My Life
My boss – the owner of Channel 10 News in New York City where I’m the news director and also an on-air star reporter – just invited me to lunch at a fancy restaurant in downtown Manhattan. The way I figured, there’s three potential reasons he did this: 1) He’s going...
Oct 6, 2022 | A Day In My Life
I would be just as happy never to tell you my story. After all, spies should remain in the shadows, not shout their lives from the village square. But General Washington assures me that you are trustworthy, and with his courtly manners – so much finer than my own – he...
Oct 5, 2022 | A Day In My Life
It’s not easy being a small business owner, especially when your best friend and business partner has a habit of stumbling across dead bodies and getting involved in murder investigations. Not that I can blame her–everybody in her life (including me) is nosy AF and...
Oct 4, 2022 | A Day In My Life
A rant. . . My parents suck. I finally found a boyfriend who really loves me, and what do they do? Go ape shit. My dad followed me one night for no reason, and he saw me going into a bar with Lyle. Big deal. Everybody my age does it. I’m sixteen. I’m old enough to...
