Nov 16, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Good thing I’ve always been an early riser, because my day starts before the crack of dawn. I get my two high-schoolers up and they’re out the door by seven. I leave for work right around the same time because I like to get there early. Often, it’s the only quiet time...
Nov 14, 2018 | A Day In My Life
“Rose” is a difficult name for a police officer. It sets up an assumption that fails to describe any part of my nature, conjuring an image of a tiny gray-haired woman. I am neither tiny—standing at 5’8”—nor gray haired, and I am more prickly thorns than soft petals....
Nov 11, 2018 | A Day In My Life
She’s done it again! Another charity tea! My best friend and business partner Jayne Wilson (she runs Mrs. Hudson’s Tea Room and I manage the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium) has agreed to put on yet another tea for charity. At least this time it won’t be a full...
Nov 8, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Hi there. My name is Ruby Sparks, and I’m the manager of Botanica Santa Rosa. The sign on the window calls me a Tarot Card Reader Extraordinaire, but I’m not sure I’d go quite that far. I mean, I do read Tarot cards, but I’m not an expert yet. . .not like my...
Nov 6, 2018 | A Day In My Life
I grew up in two worlds. My physical world was a small tract house in an unremarkable street in Dallas where I lived with my dad, who often traveled for his job with the Texas Highway Department, and my mother, who stayed home with me. They had met toward the end of...
Nov 4, 2018 | A Day In My Life
One of the things I quickly learned when I took over as Executive Director of the Como Lake Players Theater in St. Paul was the importance of the Stage Manager’s Weekend Report. Before you do anything on a Monday morning–grab some coffee, check the mail–you read the...
