Apr 12, 2016 | A Day In My Life
At midnight, the clock clicking from Saturday to Sunday, I locked the door to my stateroom behind me. I gathered my cat, pajamas, vitamins, toothbrush, and was in a hurry for the bed when I stepped into the gold bathroom and saw an envelope taped to the mirror above...
Apr 11, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Some weeks I can’t ignore the fact that people consider my new hometown, Key West, as their personal playground. Adult rated, I must add. The Fantasy Fest celebration leading up to Halloween with its gigantic parade is one of those weeks—people get crazy down...
Apr 9, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Question: What is the hardest part of learning to ride a bike? Answer: The pavement Evie Bloomfield here, all the way from Chicago to the happy land of Mackinac Island. There are no cars on Mackinac, no motor anything on the island. Fact is, if you want to get...
Apr 8, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Greetings, dear reader. My name is Rose Carroll, and I am a midwife. I bicycle about our bustling mill town of Amesbury, delivering babies and guiding the health of pregnant ladies. I am twenty-four, which is getting along for a single lady in 1888, although I’m...
Apr 7, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Fashion tips, huh? That’s my topic for the day? I mean, I have expertise in many things, but fashion is not one of them. I work at a gun shop that caters to Civil War reenactors – I’m considered fancy if l don’t have gun oil on the seat of my pants....
Apr 6, 2016 | A Day In My Life
I refuse to be categorized as a coffee addict; I think three mugs before being able to function is perfectly normal. Of course, since Bud and I have moved to our new home in an idyllic rural setting, my commute to the University of Vancouver where I’m a professor of...
