May 14, 2017 | A Day In My Life
I’d already disappointed the radio host twice. Once because I didn’t fly on a private jet to races and once because I didn’t know Danica Patrick or Mario Andretti. After that, I did my best to live up to her expectations. “Here’s a question from one of our listeners,”...
May 13, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Without any blinds on my east-facing window, I was up hours too early, when the sky was still pink with promise. My head hurt a little bit and I wasn’t sure if it was because I woke up too early, needed caffeine, or a handful of aspirin. Or probably all of the above....
May 12, 2017 | A Day In My Life
I don’t think many women are asked to plan this ex-husbands’ weddings. I was. I said, “no” of course. Any sane woman would, especially since Eddie, my ex, and I got divorced because he had an affair when our son Hayden was a toddler. Unfortunately, I’m still planning...
May 11, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Bringing in the Bees Many people don’t realize that work on a cranberry farm continues all year round. They know about the fall harvest if they’ve seen the bogs flooded with water and the ruby red cranberries massed together before being sucked into the hopper. Fall...
May 10, 2017 | A Day In My Life
If you’ve read about me in any of the Gaslight Mysteries, you probably remember me as a Detective Sergeant with the New York City Police. I was a cop my entire adult life, up until they fired me about a year ago. Oh, don’t feel sorry for me. They fired me because I...
May 9, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Have you ever thought about a bottle of wine as you open it? I don’t just mean the type of wine or the winery, but really thought about the journey the bottle has been on? To start, what about the vintage? What were you doing the year the grapes were growing? What...
