Aug 18, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Setting up the food truck this morning, one thought keeps running through my mind. How do I get myself into these situations? Then I remembered how when Aunt Jackie griped at me for setting up the water bottles wrong. This was all her doing. God knows I love the...
Aug 17, 2015 | A Day In My Life
My stepmother, Jillian Hart, is tying the knot with one of the best guys I know—Tom Stewart. Jillian married my dad when I was a teenager. When they moved to their dream home on Mercy Lake in South Carolina, he died suddenly. She was heartbroken and so was I, but now...
Aug 16, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Yum! Smell that chocolate pound cake baking! It’s a tier of my wedding cake. The cake is going to be five tiers, and I’m alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla pound cake. You see, my niece and nephew, Leslie and Lucas—they’re twins, you know—absolutely love...
Aug 15, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Since my sister-in-law the writer is too busy to check in with you guys, I’m here today to dish on the latest happenings around the Casa Lido Restaurant in Oceanside Park, New Jersey. I’m Sofia, wife of Vic’s brother Danny, but also her highly valued investigative...
Aug 14, 2015 | A Day In My Life
In 1860s San Francisco, nurse Celia Davies has just learned that the body of a Chinese woman has been found floating in the bay. The body might belong to one of her patients. “How long will you be at the police station?” asked Celia’s cousin, seated at the dining room...
Aug 13, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I usually awaken early each morning to the gentle sound of rain prancing on my rooftop, assuring me that my cistern will be replenished with water. Life on an island makes you think about survival and survival is pretty much what my life has been about. But I’m...