Mar 25, 2021 | A Day In My Life
Hi Everyone! It’s Beck O’Rourke checking in from Beach Reads bookstore and café in sunny Manatee Beach, Florida. I’ve been busy today selling lots of paperbacks to beachgoers and helping out Grammy in the café. It’s spring break down here so we have more customers...
Mar 24, 2021 | A Day In My Life
“La Misteriosa Café, how can I help you?” Nana said as she answered the phone. “Hi abuela, it’s Rosa. Just wanted to let you know that I am going out for a swim and will be heading your way for breakfast shortly after I am done.” She replied. “Que Bueno, nos vemos...
Mar 23, 2021 | A Day In My Life
I must confess. Before responding to the Peach Coast Library’s employment ad, I hadn’t known the small coastal Georgia town existed. But I’m glad I know now. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, but the opportunity to be a director of community outreach for a...
Mar 19, 2021 | A Day In My Life
It’s Tuesday morning and I’m rushing to catch the Metra train to go downtown. Of course, I have to weave my way around the group of students jogging to the lake front. My neighborhood is home to the University of Chicago and those students seem to love their jogging....
Mar 18, 2021 | A Day In My Life
My name’s Maggie Matthews and I own The Wicked Bookworm. It’s a bookshop in the Cornish village of Castlefield, my home. It’s not your typical village, to be honest. My aunt has the tendency to attack people with household objects, and the Castlefield Book Club...
Mar 16, 2021 | A Day In My Life
Thank goodness for pockets. That may sound funny, coming from a woman, but over the past two years as Sheriff of Bronwyn County, here in the foothills of Appalachia in Ohio, and as a widowed mother, I’ve really come to appreciate some of the smaller details that make...
