May 19, 2016 | A Day In My Life
It’s June in Los Angeles, 1907, and I’m not wearing my corset. The silk of my Madeline Vionet dress slips across my bosoms and I feel wonderful. Mrs. Cooper notices my jiggling and sends me upstairs. It is, I tell her, too hot for corsets and cantankerous chaperones...
May 18, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Stable manager, eh? And not any old stable manager but the stable manager to the Dowager Countess, Lady Edith Honeychurch at Honeychuch Hall. Blimey! Not every man gets a second chance in life especially after spending a number of years off and on at various...
May 17, 2016 | A Day In My Life
“Nigel,” I yelled from the kitchen where I stood surrounded by random stacks of unopened moving boxes, “Remind me never to let you be in charge of labeling the boxes again. I have no idea where anything is!” Nigel’s dark head popped into view from the dining room....
May 16, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Anyone will tell you the restaurant business is one of the hardest in the world. Long hours and lots of physical endurance are required to keep customers happy. And always, always a smile. Folks in Zinnia, Mississippi tell me the town wouldn’t be the same without...
May 15, 2016 | A Day In My Life
We often hear talk of how crime fiction is the social novel of today. Many of the problems faced by society are reflected back to us through the books we read. However, diversity issues still plague this genre. Things are getting better and there are more...
May 14, 2016 | A Day In My Life
In the year since I’ve lived in the Enchanted Village and worked for As You Wish, a personal concierge service, I’ve had my fair share of strange requests. Like the time I had only a day to find a wombat piñata for a birthday party. I ended up having to put my...
