Dec 17, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I live on a city block of small apartment buildings and stores built around a community garden with flowers and trees and a koi pond and clumps of Adirondack chairs where you can rest, or read, or toast marshmallows by the fire pit. It sounds pretty idyllic, right? I...
Dec 16, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I am Jennet Jaffrey, housekeeper to Lady Appleton of Leigh Abbey in Kent. Since Elizabeth Tudor came to the throne of England in 1558, my mistress and I have been involved in solving more murders than I wish to count. She and I both deserve to take our ease. In...
Dec 15, 2015 | A Day In My Life
There’s not much that’s sadder than a grieving animal. Even goats, the orneriest of the animal kingdom, take a punch to the gut with grief. My Grandpa Ed had a goat who lost his beard and couldn’t stand to live without it. Literally. But it’s dogs who’ll just break...
Dec 14, 2015 | A Day In My Life
First things first. Every blessed day of Elsie Arnold’s life starts with a cold can of Diet Coke. She drinks it down and dirty, straight from the can. No time wasted pulling a plastic tumbler from the cabinet of her one-bedroom apartment, filling it with ice. The Diet...
Dec 13, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Hi again. Rory Anderson here, remember me? I last visited after that kerfuffle, as my neighbor Mrs. Griswold called it, in my garden. You know, the body I found. Just thought I’d say hi and bring you up to date on what’s going on in my life. It’s quieted down a lot,...
Dec 11, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I love being a fishing guide here on the western slope of the Rockies in Heaven, Colorado, but I’m always happy when winter sets in, business tapers off, and I can turn more attention to my blog, www.outtogetyou.com. You might be one of those folks who...