Nov 19, 2025 | A Day In My Life
I gotta say, limbo isn’t as bad as the nuns made it out to be when I was in grade school back in Jersey. Every afternoon when the sun dips lower on the horizon, I repeat my survival mantra—if I have to spend my life somewhere, on hold, waiting for something to happen,...
Nov 18, 2025 | A Day In My Life
On this bright, sunny Friday morning my day begins with a bit of cuddle time with my sweet kitty, Raven. It’s the weekend before Christmas here in Seaside Cove, and while Florida may not have snow, bitter winds, or icy sidewalks like they do up north, we more than...
Nov 14, 2025 | A Day In My Life
The storm ends and I flee the house. That’s right, flee. A house that I’ve crossed two states to reach. A journey that required me to bury my irrational fear of deep water and drive onto a ferry as the only vehicle on this morning’s crossing. This house where I will...
Nov 13, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Hey! How are you? I haven’t seen you in a month of Sundays. Did you see Aunt Adeline downstairs? Yes, she’s still dressing in Regency clothes and running the town behind the mayor’s back. I love her to bits! Have a seat. You heard about the bottling plant closing last...
Nov 12, 2025 | A Day In My Life
My name is Claire Fontaine. Sounds very French, right? Pair that with the French accent I woke up speaking after a workplace explosion scrambled my speech patterns, and people assume I grew up in Paris. The truth? I was born and raised in Caper Cove, California. I’m...
Nov 10, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Visitors to town this week could easily mistake Apple Station for a Scottish hamlet at the height of tourist season. With all the St. Andrew’s Cross flags flying and tartan swishing, you’d think you’d landed in Glasgow, not in a small town in Virginia’s Shenandoah...
