Aug 3, 2019 | A Day In My Life
My name is Angela Hollingsworth. My friends call me Angie. I’ve always dreamed of being an investigative reporter and getting a coveted anchor spot on the news one day. I thought my first big break came when I agreed to work as a columnist for the Gazette, a...
Aug 2, 2019 | A Day In My Life
As Kate McGuire pushed the rolling rack out of the big bakery oven, the smell of warm chocolate blanketed the kitchen. No matter how many kinds of cookies she made, Tollhouse would always be her favorite. Although peanut butter with chocolate chips ranked a very close...
Aug 1, 2019 | A Day In My Life
Hi! I’m Charlene Morris and you’re probably wondering what I’m doing poking my nose into windows of this stately old mansion. Truth is, I own it. Crazy part is that I bought it sight unseen. I was told by Ernie Harvey, the realtor who sold me this...
Jul 31, 2019 | A Day In My Life
My cousin Gabby loves to tease me about my tomato sauce. Not the quality, mind you, but the quantity. To be honest, I’ve got too many Ziploc bags of it in my freezer to count. When I’m stressed, I cook. Cooking is my passion but there are also times when it’s therapy...
Jul 30, 2019 | A Day In My Life
My name is Clothilde Schneider, though everyone calls me Hildy. I’m a social worker by trade, a profession I chose because I dealt with a lot of them while I was growing up in the foster system. I was a foster kid because my mom was murdered when I was seven and I...
Jul 29, 2019 | A Day In My Life
My name is Hana Keller, but my Hungarian grandmother calls me Haniska (pronounced HONNISHKA), an affectionate diminutive I’ve grown used to. I live in a pretty apartment in Riverwood, Illinois, the town where I grew up with my brother Domo, my American father and my...
