Apr 15, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Let me tell you about my daughter. First off, she calls herself Eddie Shoes. Can you imagine? Okay, I get it. Edwina Zapata Schultz is a bit of a mouthful, but seriously, Eddie Shoes? What kind of name is that? Of course she ended up being a private investigator, what...
Apr 14, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Hello. My name is Max Tudor. If you want to start our acquaintance on a more a formal footing, I am the Rev. Max Tudor, vicar of St. Edwold’s Church in Nether Monkslip. My parishioners generally call me Father Max, although that is verging on too High Church for me,...
Apr 13, 2017 | A Day In My Life
There is magic in beginnings. Some beginnings come as a rite of passage, such as a graduation from college, the birth of a child, or a wedding day. Others start off more subtly, as nothing more than an ordinary moment that evolves into a crucial event that, in the...
Apr 12, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Hi, I’m Carrie Ann Cole. I’m a personal chef by profession and the most amazing thing happened to me. I was contacted by Kensington Palace and asked to be the personal chef to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. I leapt on this chance of a lifetime. I mean, London, a...
Apr 11, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Nothing says, You’re going to die alone and be eaten by coyotes, like your GPS failing you on a gravel road in rural Virginia while the sun sinks slowly behind the Blue Ridge mountains. “C’mon, Dina,” I whispered under my breath. “Help me out here.” Dina was my GPS....
Apr 10, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Today’s work comes from one of my lovelorn. She’s looking for Mr. Right, but unfortunately, she’s shopping the local penitentiary. Her new pen pal has a tight-fisted scribble that leans backward, antisocially. The bowls of his o’s and a’s are narrow and closed off,...