A Day in My Life ~ Sydney Riley by Jeannette de Beauvoir

It’s one of those perfect days that you’d been thinking all spring would never arrive. Spring on Cape Cod is a tease: it comes in fits and starts, with brilliant sun on some days in early March. . . but you’re well advised to not put your winter coat away for good...

A Day in My Life ~ Natalie Payne by Lynn Morrison

Hiya, my name is Natalie Payne, but my friends call me Nat. I’m the Head of Ceremonies at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. My title sounds really fancy, but I’m basically an event planner. I organise lavish galas, formal dinners and important celebrations...

A Day in My Life ~ Magdalen Melmoth by Arlene Kay

People tend to ignore you when you’re old. I know that because at 85 years of age, I’ve seen my caretakers and even some of my friends simply refuse to believe my family heritage. Oh, most are polite about it. They nod and smile in that patronizing way that says be...

A Day in My Life ~ Callista McKenzie by Kate Flora

Things have been such a whirlwind since that morning when I woke to find my fiancé Devin and everything I owned gone. It’s hard to wrap my mind around it. I’m not normally a trusting person. Perhaps I should say that I’m a “trust, then verify” type. I’m an accountant....

A Day in My Life ~ Julia Kydd by Marlowe Benn

Good morning. Please excuse the frightful mess—I rarely spill my tea so spectacularly. It’s just that hardly anyone ever asks about my life, perhaps because they’re likely to get only a raised chin and my best imperious glare. What they usually mean is, why am I not...