Oct 2, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I’d say today was “the most hectic day ever,” but that describes most days in the Valentine household. Each day seems to top the last, and I can’t decide whether traveling to Florida with Jack (seven), Sophie (five), and my irresistible colleague Dean (35, in case...
Oct 1, 2015 | A Day In My Life
An’gel Ducote set down her coffee cup and looked at her sister across the breakfast table. “I think we ought go a few days early. I’m sure Mireille and Jacqueline will need help with last-minute preparations for the wedding.” Dickce Ducote...
Sep 30, 2015 | A Day In My Life
It’s been a while since I found myself entangled in murder. The last time it happened was before Brian and I got engaged. . .and before my mother, Dallas society maven Cissy Blevins Kendricks, shoved her show-offy sparkler in my face after her beau proposed as well....
Sep 29, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I didn’t expect to be back home in St. Petersburg trying to sell my dad’s glass shop. I am very happy in Seattle – thank you very much – where I am studying the art of glass blowing with the finest instructors in North America. I love creating a work of beauty using a...
Sep 28, 2015 | A Day In My Life
While planting lavender, Abigail Mackenzie observes a new swarm of honeybees thickening into a corpus in the apricot tree. Her heart sinks. A swarm is the last thing she needs in her already over-scheduled morning. Not rescuing those bees could spell the end of her...
Sep 27, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I look forward to my Saturday nights scrapbooking with my friends. When I first moved to Cumberland Creek six years ago, it was hard to imagine that I’d even have any friends–but then Vera asked me to come to the crop. To say my life has changed completely...
