May 19, 2021 | A Day In My Life
It’s true, I’m known all over Zinnia, Mississippi as a devil dog! Well, some people don’t have a sense of humor, and I have been blessed with a keen ability to unmask those who need to adjust their elevated opinion of themselves. In my small Mississippi town, I am a...
May 18, 2021 | A Day In My Life
My name is Jamie Forest. I was born and raised in New York City. This spring, after a drug task force mistook me for a notorious dealer and detained me in a musty, smelly holding cell in Queens, I decided it was time to leave the big city. I settled into the old...
May 14, 2021 | A Day In My Life
The beach is my happy place. I love the beach at any time, but never more than today, because today my family, friends, and co-workers from the Bodie Island Lighthouse Library are throwing me an engagement party. Yes, I’m engaged! Sometimes I’m so happy, I simply...
May 13, 2021 | A Day In My Life
Yesterday, three of my patients tried to bite me. Four tried to scratch me. One succeeded and I’ll have the scar to prove it. Another one tried to crush me against a wall and two very nearly kicked me. Such is the life of a veterinarian. I’m Jessie Cameron, and along...
May 7, 2021 | A Day In My Life
My name is Clare Carlson, and I’m the news director of Channel 10 News in New York City. Running a big city newsroom is a pretty cool job. But I’m really just a journalist at heart. A reporter first and foremost. Always have been. Always will be. There’s nothing I...
May 4, 2021 | A Day In My Life
Hey everyone! I’m Lila Macapagal (LEE-la to my family, LY-la to everyone else). I thought I was living every girl’s rom-com dream: I had escaped my tiny, ridiculously named town of Shady Palms, Illinois, to go and thrive in Chicago. Honestly, if you had Googled...