Dorie Slaughter and a day in her life by Mona Marple

I remember when I was their age, you know. When my only worry in life was what dinner to make for him at home. Before my Jim arrived. Back when my body and my mind were still my own. I’d turn the radio up while I dusted and plumped up cushions. Women were starting to...

Bee Maxwell and a day in his life by Lena Gregory

Hi! My name is Bee (Bryan) Maxwell, and I own Dreamweaver Designs, a designer dress shop down the boardwalk from Mystical Musings, and the owner, Cass Donovan, is one of my dearest friends. My typical day doesn’t start until sometime around noon. That is, if Cass...

Bella Davidson and a day in her life by Tracy Weber

Occupation: German Shepherd Hero Today has been anything but typical. It started out great. How could it not be great? I’m here in Cannon Beach, Oregon, on vacation with my two best human slaves, yoga teacher Kate Davidson and her boyfriend Michael Massey. Well, I’m...

Poppy McAllister and a day in her life by Libby Klein

The only thing worse than going to your twenty-fifth high school reunion is going a pathetic failure. I’m a stay at home cat mom, who’s sixty pounds overweight, and I just ate a can of Duncan Hines chocolate frosting for breakfast. I haven’t been out of the house...

Allie Larkin and a day in her life by Shari Randall

Hi! My name is Allie Larkin. Welcome to the Lazy Mermaid Lobster Shack! A day in my life? If you’d asked me a couple of months ago, I’d tell you all about my hours in the studio rehearsing with New England Ballet Theater. But everything changed when I broke my ankle...