Dec 24, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Running the James & Co. Antique Emporium is a full-time job. Restocking inventory, giving appraisals, bookkeeping, and banking keep me more than busy. I have help, of course. But my right-hand gal, Lindy, drives me crazy with her pink hair (this week), vintage...
Dec 23, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Joe Gale wakes before dawn, his body craving caffeine. A coffee addict, he mainlines his first cup on his way to the shower. He likes it hot, with a splash of milk. No sugar. Joe gets the rest of his morning fix at the Rambler, the diner that is the morning hub of...
Dec 22, 2015 | A Day In My Life
My dogs just stared at me again with those sad faces when I left the house today. It really gets me, but I plugged on. I usually walk them into town every morning, but this summer I’ve been riding my bike. An old clunker I picked up at yard sale, but it takes me where...
Dec 21, 2015 | A Day In My Life
It began most respectably, that day, the day I met gifted young Savanna, some kind library workers, and some menacing young men. I had a most respectable, even boring, goal: start the next chapter of my dissertation in urban history, specifically on how Brooklyn...
Dec 20, 2015 | A Day In My Life
We, Lesa, Kristopher and Dru Ann, are at it again and this time we are highlighting some of our favorite songs that focuses on the criminal elements as we all know that what’s a mystery without a crime. Sit back and enjoy these musical selections. Another...
Dec 19, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Occupation: Zookeeper Normally, Teddy Bentley, an animal keeper in a California zoo, spends her day sweeping up animal feces. Not in “The Puffin of Death.” This time, Teddy has been sent to Iceland to pick up an orphaned polar bear cub to bring it back to the Gunn...
