Jun 26, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Hi, Maureen Nash, here. Sorry, but I’m a little distracted. I told you about a day in my life, back in September, before I knew I’d be relocating to Ocracoke. Ocracoke is a small island off the coast of North Carolina where my late husband, Jeff, inherited the Moon...
Jun 25, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Another day, another god-awful package from my mother so ridiculous I couldn’t help but laugh (and maybe also cry). Today’s prize? A Life Alert. I called her immediately so I could ask, “Why, Mom?” “Because! I see on TV! A woman fall—is so sad. She yell, Help! Help! I...
Jun 24, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Hi, I’m Meg Gates, not that Gates, and I live on Bainbridge Island in Washington over my aunt’s garage. I was born here (on the island, not the garage), but escaped to go to college in Seattle. Then I left college to work at a startup where I met my fiancé, Romain....
Jun 23, 2025 | A Day In My Life
I roll out of bed and snap on Lola’s leash. She doesn’t need one; she’s happy to stick as close by me as possible. Sometimes Lo cries in her sleep and can’t settle until I wake her up with pets and assure her that she’s with me for keeps,...
Jun 19, 2025 | A Day In My Life
“Babe, this might be the best thing I’ve ever eaten,” my husband said after he swallowed the last shovel-sized bite of some sort of casserole at the customary meet-the-new-pastor church potluck. “You have to get the recipe.” I nodded as he turned to the first deacon’s...
Jun 18, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Occupation: Con Artist, Forger, and Burglar, Retired (mostly) I never meant to get a dog. Dogs require structure. And stability. And I, Agatha Shadewell, have never been good with those. But then I found Chance—hungry, thirsty, and eager for a home—just as I was...
