Jan 19, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Fall is in the air in Etonville, New Jersey. The leaves are about to change colors, the humidity has evaporated, and I, Dodie O’Dell, am whipping the Windjammer restaurant into a finely- tuned machine. Nearly two years after Hurricane Sandy I’m finally getting...
Jan 18, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Aloha, kakou! All right, I have a confession to make. I can’t really speak Hawaiian. In fact, those are the only words of the language I’m familiar with, except for a few that our chef, Poncho, mumbles under his breath occasionally when someone complains that the food...
Jan 17, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Dru asked me to share a typical day in the life of Maggie McDonald, sole proprietor of Simplicity Itself Organizing Services and the protagonist of the Maggie McDonald Mystery series. But she’s a take-charge kind of gal, and insisted on telling her own...
Jan 16, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Not every city has a river running through it. And not many women plan a rendezvous at a San Antonio River Walk hotel during Fiesta Week after years of self-imposed celibacy. I was about to make history. Sam and I were meeting at Casa Prima Hotel. Hopefully our first...
Jan 14, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Faces. It’s kind of my thing. If I meet you, I might forget your name, but never your face. Like a party trick, my instant recall comes in handy given my profession. I’m a portrait artist and while the world is frantically capturing smiles digitally, I’m content...
Jan 13, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Less than a year ago, I parked my Airstream trailer and bought a crumbling Craftsman house in Portland, Oregon. I’ve been welcomed into a wonderful circle of friends who congregate at Blue Sky Teas, found myself falling for a complicated and wonderful man, and grown a...
