Aug 23, 2016 | A Day In My Life
My name is Bertie Bigelow, and I am the choir director at Metro Community College. The school where I teach is located in an African-American neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. I wear designer suits to work, keep my attitude professional, and try not to...
Aug 22, 2016 | A Day In My Life
My name is Calamity Doris Barnstable. I was named after Calamity Jane, a Wild West frontierswoman of dubious reputation, although my mother actually named me after the considerably softened version of Calamity Jane played by Doris Day in the 1950s. Be that as it may,...
Aug 20, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Some days, I can’t believe that I’ve lived in Ireland for a year. I had no long-term plans when I arrived. I simply wanted to meet my biological father and sort out the mysteries of my family. It was a question of identity, I suppose. Who am I? Well, who I am, as I...
Aug 19, 2016 | A Day In My Life
My life was just about perfect. There I sat, enjoying the Boston Symphony, holding hands with my new husband when a nightmare from the past collided with my present. It was every spurned woman’s revenge fantasy: Gabriel Mann, the ex-husband who had kicked me to the...
Aug 18, 2016 | A Day In My Life
“Meg, dear, could you write a note to your cousin Evangelina? I’m afraid my sprained wrist is still rather bothersome.” “What am I supposed to say to her?” I asked, as I picked up the pen and notepaper Mother was holding out. “Dear Evangelina,” she began. “Thank you...
Aug 17, 2016 | A Day In My Life
The cozy mystery has been hacked. Don’t run your antivirus software. You may refer to inner cities all across America as “concrete jungles”. Stone everywhere you look. Apartment buildings and blocks of congested traffic. Well, Boston’s Pemberton Square has plenty...
