Apr 28, 2015 | A Day In My Life
My day usually starts in one of two ways: a) I wake up my daughter, Lucy, in which case she’s grumpy and the day is off to a slow start, or b) Lucy wakes me up, in which case I’m tired but happy and the day is off and running. Just like Lucy. After I take her to...
Apr 27, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Hi, my name is Allie McMurphy. I’m the owner operator of the Historic McMurphy Inn and Fudge Shop on Mackinac Island Michigan. The McMurphy has been in my family for over one hundred years and I’m the next generation to run it. I love my job as fudge maker and inn...
Apr 25, 2015 | A Day In My Life
December 8, 1924 What a tiresome day this has been! I am very glad that I decided not to work tonight and went to see Lady Be Good instead. (Mem – Adele Astaire was very good. And I think the composer, a George Gershwin, also composed that Rhapsody in Blue experiment...
Apr 24, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Hello. I’m Wallace Prescott, the manager of Carlisle Castle, where every guest is treated like royalty. At least that’s what it says on our new brochures. We used to be a small country inn nestled in the woods located just outside of Kalamazoo, MI. Jessica and her...
Apr 23, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Even though there are still snow banks higher than my head here in New Hampshire spring is in the air. It may not be easy for everyone to spot but if you’re a fourth-generation sugar maker like me you really notice the subtle changes in the season. Every year, just as...
Apr 22, 2015 | A Day In My Life
The Byzantine-style church of Mount St. Sepulchre on the grounds of the old Franciscan monastery in Washington, D.C. always looked to me as if it had been plucked from the Holy Land where it had stood in the shadow of a sacred shrine and set down in Brookland, a...
