Oct 25, 2017 | A Day In My Life
What’s it like being a pie baker? There’s a lot of pie, which is always a good thing. There’s also a lot of work. It’s a good thing I never needed much sleep, because baker’s hours start painfully early. I wake up before dawn has even considered cracking to start work...
Oct 24, 2017 | A Day In My Life
I’ll admit it. When our boss hired Special Agent Tara Holloway, I wasn’t happy about it. I’m a whiz with computers, but weapons? Not so much. Tara was practically a sharpshooter. She’d earned the highest rank in her training class. She was smart, too. Before coming to...
Oct 23, 2017 | A Day In My Life
I’m Mollye Camp, Brie Hooker’s best friend. Brie’s a vegan, but I don’t hold it against her. She doesn’t cringe when I bite into a juicy burger, and I don’t wrinkle my nose at her tofu concoctions. We met at age eight. Wow, can it be twenty-five years ago? Back then,...
Oct 21, 2017 | A Day In My Life
My name is Steve Levitan, and my day always begins with Rochester. Some dogs let their parents sleep in, or have a doggie door they can use to do their business outside. I’m not so lucky. My big, goofy golden retriever needs multiple walks every day, from early in the...
Oct 20, 2017 | A Day In My Life
After six weeks of teaching various Zentangle patterns, or “tangles” as they’re called, I’d gotten a pretty good idea which of my students exceled and which ones were struggling. My name is Kiki Lowenstein; I own a scrapbook and crafts store. My job is to encourage...
Oct 19, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Liz McCall here. What started out as a busy weekend selling vintage toys at the annual Train and Toy show—that’s model trains, not larger locomotives—just got a little more complicated. Someone put our booth right next to Craig’s Comics. Of course they couldn’t have...