Apr 21, 2015 | A Day In My Life
The dead are not generally fretful of mortal affairs. My friend Colleen passed from this world to the next seventeen years ago last June. She can’t be bothered with global warming, the national debt, or those Duck Dynasty folks from Louisiana. She’s careful to stay...
Apr 20, 2015 | A Day In My Life
It was a hot, humid day. My yellow and blue sundress stuck to my skin, and there wasn’t enough sunscreen in the world to keep from getting burned. Thousands of people milled about, looking for treasures among the emptied out attics and garages, just like me. Besides,...
Apr 18, 2015 | A Day In My Life
[Testimony recorded by at the Court of Assizes, Spring Session 1667. Lucy Campion, Witness] Judge Hale: State your name and occupation for the record. Witness: My name is Lucy Campion and I was born in the year of our Lord, 1647. When I was fifteen, my mother sent me...
Apr 17, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I’m going to be perfectly frank here, because I’m not quite sure how to feel or what to do. My husband, Doug, and I both work for the Rocky Bluff P.D. If you aren’t familiar with the town of Rocky Bluff, it’s a small beach community in Southern California, located...
Apr 16, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I think I’m an average eight-year-old girl. I’m better in reading and math than some kids. But that’s because my Grandma makes me study math and read every night. I’m lucky to have her – luckier than most people know – because my Grandma is a ghost. She’s still...
Apr 15, 2015 | A Day In My Life
My grandpa Gil is always getting me in trouble and this time he’s invited a fudge-loving prince from Belgium to visit us in Door County, Wisconsin. The prince is excited about a legend of a nun who may have hidden a divinity fudge recipe during the Great Fire of 1871...