Cindy York by Catherine Bruns

My day begins at 5:30 in the morning with either our four-year-old daughter, Grace, running into the darkened bedroom or Sweetie the cat standing on my chest until I can barely breathe. Grace and I then head downstairs while Greg, my husband, takes a shower and then...

Molly Madison by Peggy Rothschild

My life these days revolves around my Golden Retriever, Harlow, and unpacking boxes. Our agility practice has temporarily been put on the back burner as we settle into our new home along the California coast in the town of Pier Point. I hadn’t even gotten as far as...

Samantha Warren by Michelle Hillen Klump

Oh, hi! Come on in. I’m Samantha Warren, but my friends call me Sam. Pardon the mess in here. My best friend, Marisa, loves to joke that my kitchen looks like a high school chemistry lab. Those jars? I’m making homemade bitters. That one’s my famous cherry vanilla...

Winnie Hackleshack by M.S. Peke

Hi, everybody! My name is Winnie Hackleshack. It’s really Winona, but the only time I’m called that is when I’m getting yelled at. Which seems to be a lot, even at forty-five. For most of my life, things were typical. Normal, I guess. I grew up in an average home in...

Jaye Jordan by Nikki Knight

The only thing worse than sweeping snow out of the satellite dish on the roof is scraping slush out of it. It’s the ugly little secret of running a small local radio station. Even though I do my best to keep the meters moving with the voices of people who actually...

Cassie Gwynne by Genevieve Essig

November—, 1883Amelia Island, Florida Dear Diary, I’ve really done it this time. Back in New York this summer, after I found that box of letters hidden in the scullery and learned about my Aunt Flora (who, by the way, while certainly passionate about her beliefs,...