Nov 28, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Doesn’t it seem like just when life gets comfortable, something has to rock the boat? Okay, maybe “comfortable” is an exaggeration. I mean, life as a private investigator, single mom, and girlfriend to an unnervingly hot guy is a lot to juggle. But recently, life has...
Nov 26, 2016 | A Day In My Life
“You heard about Fred’s niece?” my friend Roger Steinbauer asked as I joined him and his friend Edna Fleming in a booth at Lena’s Diner. Town has been abuzz with gossip and rumors since the news broke Jan Kepler, Officer Fred Drumheiser’s...
Nov 25, 2016 | A Day In My Life
I’m so excited about my latest decorating project, a magnificent old mansion that’s a bit rundown. Built around 1930 during the Tudor revival, it was recently bequeathed to the Sunrise Foundation, an organization that helps abused women. The director,...
Nov 24, 2016 | A Day In My Life
As a ward of the court, Cara’s Thanksgiving would be entirely different from the warm holiday we generally associate with the day. This season especially I wanted to remember that not everyone is sitting down to turkey dinners and football and family. The van turns,...
Nov 23, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Well, I see they’ve gotten my name wrong. It’s not Watson, it’s Mayfield-Watson. (My parents are to blame for that one!) And while my Ph.D. in chemistry technically makes me a doctor, I rarely use the title. Honestly, just call me Bree. All-in-all, I’m pretty average,...
Nov 22, 2016 | A Day In My Life
I look in the mirror and laugh. Is that really my hair or did a cloud of chestnut-colored cotton candy land on my head? I may have gone overboard with the big hair look—but, as long as I fit in at the Moonshine Inn, Richmond, Virginia’s premiere redneck bar, that’s...
