Nov 14, 2020 | A Day In My Life
There’s a magical quality to the quiet season in my Bavarian village of Leavenworth, Washington. After a fall and early winter of weekend celebrations that filled our cobblestone streets with visitors from around the world who came to dance the chicken dance during...
Nov 13, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Have you ever been house hunting? It’s very stressful, trying to find the perfect forever home. I know my real estate agent, Poppy Spencer, is getting frustrated with me, as is my fiancé, Luke Surmanski, but I do believe my determination has finally paid off. I...
Nov 10, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Living la Dolce Vita I started fantasizing about Lord Philip’s death three days ago. Just a painless, but fatal, heart attack that would strike my boss down in the middle of the night. When that failed to materialize, I imagined him taking a wrong step in front of a...
Nov 9, 2020 | A Day In My Life
“Tallie Graver!” my mom called through the front door of the empty café. I rolled my eyes at my best friend Gina. “Seriously, it’s like she thinks I can’t hear her unless she’s at full pitch. Do you think she might be going deaf?” I whispered across the table. “I...
Nov 6, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Less than sixty seconds after arriving home to my apartment, my next-door neighbor’s foster daughter knocked at my door. Bianca, a seventeen-year-old with a genius level IQ, was in her final semester of a computer science degree at George Washington University in DC....
Nov 5, 2020 | A Day In My Life
When you meet someone new, do you ever doubt what they tell you about themselves? I mean, sure if they say they’re an astronaut and they get out of breath picking up a donut, but how about ordinary things, like their mother is a teacher? You get to know the person and...
