Jul 30, 2020 | A Day In My Life
How does one go from being a children’s librarian to a waitress in a beach bar faster than you can read a picture book? You make a promise. And you live by your father’s motto: A promise made is a promise kept. Before he left for Afghanistan, Boone, my best friend in...
Jul 29, 2020 | A Day In My Life
I hear the car coming up the driveway as I’m pulling the bread from the oven. It’s as unusual a sound for me as Elijah’s buggy would be on an English driveway. But I don’t really pay it much mind. I have cinnamon butter to make to go with the bread, and Elijah will...
Jul 28, 2020 | A Day In My Life
A day in my life? I bake. That’s about it. Oh, and I cook breakfast every day for as many as twenty-five people too. My name is Lily Roberts and I own Tea by the Sea, a traditional afternoon tea room on Cape Cod. I’m a trained pastry chef and I’ve worked in...
Jul 27, 2020 | A Day In My Life
It’s so nice to meet you all. I’m Macy Hatfield, and together with my brother Boaz “Bo” Hatfield, we just opened the Barks & Beans Café in the quaint town where we grew up—Lewisburg, West Virginia. The Barks & Beans Café is unusual,...
Jul 24, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Hi, my name is Claire Anderson and nothing in my average life led me to believe I’d start the school year by solving a murder. My sister always said I’m like a dog with a bone, once I find a puzzle. And I hate to admit that while following my student’s clues, I felt...
Jul 21, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Siobhan O’Brien here. With a name like mine, you may envision a freckle-faced Irish lass at your doorstep. I don’t blame you one bit – I’d be the first to admit that I’d think the same way. But I have jet-black hair (with a few strands of gray – thank you,...
