Aug 30, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Hi all, most of you know me by now. I’m happy to be sharing my newest adventure in “Oh, Fudge!” out the end of August. This morning I had a meeting with Blake Gilmore, the manager of the Original Mackinac Island Butterfly House and Insect World. But Blake was not the...
Aug 29, 2017 | A Day In My Life
I whisked chocolate whipped cream with a practice flick of my wrist. I could make the chocolate butter cream for the inside of Jean Pierre’s decadent truffles half asleep. The truth was I had done just that on more than one occasion. Easily, I work over ninety hours a...
Aug 28, 2017 | A Day In My Life
That Saturday began like many of them did: breakfast with Danny at Annabelle’s, a trip down to the dock to check on a shipment of new lobster traps, a couple of afternoon hours spent in the Halloran Lobster Co. office catching up on paperwork. Boring but predictable....
Aug 27, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Running a bed and breakfast like Wits’ End is a dream job, even if I do have to wake up at an ungodly hour to cook for my guests. Because. . . breakfast! It’s the most important meal of the day and in my opinion the best. I won’t say a successful B&B is all about...
Aug 26, 2017 | A Day In My Life
So, my buddy Hugo Marston was here last year talking about a day in his life, and if I know him it was the usual mix of self-deprecating charm dosed with plenty of boy-scout adventures. That’s right, I haven’t read it because I get to see him every day doing his...
Aug 25, 2017 | A Day In My Life
You asked me to chronicle a typical day in my life, and as my therapist, you’re allowed. However, I don’t have a typical day anymore. All I have is what I can etch out of the long days, trying not to feel paranoid even though I am paranoid. He’s out there somewhere....
