Aug 24, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Occupation: Actress I can’t believe I woke up in Paris this morning! It’s still the same beautiful city it was when I came here on my honeymoon with my first husband, Derek. Two husbands later, I’m here dancing with my four other fifty-something Hoofers on a Bateau...
Aug 23, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Who am I? I’m not really sure. During the day, people call me Tennyson. When I’m asleep, I hear voices calling me Marissa. You may have heard of Tennyson Olivia Claxton. I’m supposed to be an heiress, a party girl, a wild child. Fodder for tabloid newspapers. Yes,...
Aug 22, 2015 | A Day In My Life
When my boss asked me to write this, I was a little nervous. Was she asking me what I do all day? Going to use this to determine my job description? I decided she was interested in gathering some ammunition to take to the publishers, Calvin and Max, to wangle more...
Aug 21, 2015 | A Day In My Life
You want to know about a day in my life? Well, this much I can tell you for sure: It’s going to start way too damn early, and it’s probably going to get weird before it’s over. Up until a few months ago, I had a pretty normal routine. On weekdays, it...
Aug 20, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I can’t describe all the feelings that came over me that first day back at the old farm and pumpkin patch my grandparents had worked for so many years. Certainly nostalgia, guilt, and grief. They’d been missing since I was twelve. My mother and I had come to see them...
Aug 19, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I get up at dawn, a habit left over from the days when I trained nonstop. It’s late spring, so that means 5:30 a.m. in Chicago, enough time for a long, lazy ride before work. I fish around in my closet for a jersey, shorts, and shoes, and head down to the ground floor...
