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...
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....
