Aug 24, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Every morning, I go for a run along Seneca Lake on Lakeshore Avenue. This morning was no different. It’s how I deal with my stress and my demons. Being a private investigator, I have a lot of both. I wasn’t cracking any big cases unless you include shady business...
Aug 20, 2020 | A Day In My Life
My best friends ever since junior high are Misty Ossler and Emily Westhill. I’m an Emergency Medical Technician. Misty is tall, confident, and thoughtful. She is one of the kindest police officers in our town of Fallingbrook, Wisconsin. Emily is an idealistic and...
Aug 19, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Hello. I’m very pleased to meet you. My name is Rose Westmoreland. My very proper in-laws in Ohio were appalled when I insisted on coming, by myself, to El Paso, Texas. But here I am, looking for my missing husband. I’m lucky to be boarding with two smart, sympathetic...
Aug 18, 2020 | A Day In My Life
If someone had told me that I’d be a widow at age 36 and heading off to spend a weekend with my glamorous big sister in a hotel on a remote island that I’d never heard of but now apparently belonged to me, I would have thought them mad. For a start, my beloved Robert...
Aug 15, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Molly O’Donnell, bookseller, wakes up to the sound of her Russian wolfhound, Blavatsky, thumping the crate with her tail. Somehow the dog is able to wag her tail in a circle like a helicopter’s blade. Molly cries out, “Good morning, guys!” and opens the crates of...
Aug 14, 2020 | A Day In My Life
The name on my birth certificate is Lavender Lewis, but friends call me Lew. I grew up in a commune in Alaska with well-defined gender roles and lots of rules. It was probably inevitable that I would rebel. I escaped by joining the army at 17. When my enlistment...
