May 12, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Hi, my name is Bronwyn Crewse, but family and friends call me Win. I hope you will, too. I’m from Crewse Creamery. You know, the ice cream shop that sits over that little waterfall? That’s me. Well, our family. You haven’t heard of it? Maybe not yet, but you will....
May 11, 2020 | A Day In My Life
Stunned into silence, I placed my cell phone down. Athena, my German Shephard lay at my feet, eyeing me as if she knew something was wrong. I rubbed her head, hoping she understood that I was fine. But it was weird. I hadn’t talked to my aunt. . . in twenty years. And...
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...