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...
Aug 13, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Hello. I’m Juniper Palmer-Young and I see dead people! Err, that’s a lot to handle, isn’t it? Okay, let’s back up. I’m Juniper and I run Spirited Construction with my partner Jack Young. We specialize in historic home renovation and rehab, but we started out flipping...
Aug 11, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Hello, I’m Charlotte Reed and I live in Beaufort, a historic coastal town in North Carolina. Although I was a high school English teacher for most of my adult life, I’m now the owner of Chapters, a bed-and-breakfast I inherited from my great-aunt, Isabella Harrington....
Aug 4, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Hi! My name is Cassie Bridgestone and I live in the cozy village of Banford, where townsfolk are family, tea is hot, and lately – murder is inevitable! I own the Olde Crow Primitives country décor shop in the big stone building on the corner of First and Main....
Aug 3, 2020 | A Day In My Life
I love early mornings. They mean I have the first shift at the telephone exchange. Not that I mind working extra hours, or doing the late shift, because we need every penny. But then who doesn’t in 1931, where millions of Australians are unemployed? I usually walk....
