Jun 22, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Who doesn’t love puppies? Certainly not me. So when I was asked to serve as a puppy wrangler at a charity event modeled after the famous Puppy Bowl, I couldn’t say yes fast enough. My name is Melanie Travis, and aside from being a wife, mother of two sons, and a...
Jun 21, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Age 16 in 1984 I’m pretty sure every parent on the face of earth says it just once: “You’re so lucky; these are the best days of your life! Enjoy them!” Being a teenager. . . yeah, it’s a bucket of laughs. So, my life? Right now it consists of school and babysitting...
Jun 20, 2017 | A Day In My Life
If it wasn’t for weird I’d be bored out of my mind. —Christina McMullen, who is rarely bored “You look well,” I said and kept my tone clipped, my wayward hands strictly to myself. I was casually dressed in cutoff jeans and a T-shirt that had seen better days. He...
Jun 19, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Castle San Pietro is asleep. It wasn’t long ago that nights and mornings ran together, blurred lines on an Italian canvas, but since Damien’s death, the party has died. Now we sit around in the evening, quarreling about movie sets and brands of vodka until Daddy goes...
Jun 17, 2017 | A Day In My Life
So I hear the usual ping. Which may not sound strange to you but it is for me. I mean, I can pretty much account for all my usual peeps—every one of them gets their own ping tone. So it’s not one of them. And I know I should ignore it. But I can’t. I mean it’s...
Jun 16, 2017 | A Day In My Life
The problem is, there are no ordinary days in Bad Housekeeping. Each day is its own unique fiasco. My name is Agnes Blythe and sure, I may have neglected to do any exercise since I completed my high school P. E. requirement, but I’m in the prime of life. I’m...
