May 9, 2020 | A Day In My Life
It used to be my dream in life was working security on a Moon Unit cruise ship. I studied all the necessary courses and trained in my spare time and even managed to collect a paycheck on Moon Unit 5 and 6. My favorite thing in the world was problem solving, and...
May 5, 2020 | A Day In My Life
I was raised on a diner stool. Now I’m supposed to be managing the place—the Bear Claw Diner, the best and only diner in Elkview, Alaska. That means hiring and training staff, coordinating employee schedules, planning menus, ordering supplies, managing budgets,...
May 4, 2020 | A Day In My Life
I’ve spent my whole life on an island thirty miles off the East Coast, the tail-end of a glacial moraine left behind by the last Ice Age. Nantucket is roughly fifteen miles long and maybe five miles wide; lashed by nor-easters in winter, when all sound except the...
May 2, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Hi, I’m Bailey. Full name — Bailey Bird Martinez. I married my sweet husband, Tito, a short while ago at a local vineyard and, presto, a few months later, I became pregnant. Now we have an adorable little girl, Brianna. She looks like me with short spiky hair and big...
Apr 25, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Hey! I’m Tory Benning, a landscape architect based in Santa Sofia, California, a small coastal town about twelve miles north of Santa Barbara. I grew up here and have lived in Santa Sofia most of my life, except when I went to college and grad school at USC in...
Apr 24, 2020 | A Day In My Life
My mother never worked a day in her life and my younger sister’s “job” is to be the most beautiful debutante in all Manhattan, but it’s 1911 and I want to do something interesting and productive with my days. That’s why at 9 a.m. I head for the Moonrise Bookshop, the...
