Mar 3, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Occupation: Gentlewoman of England I was born Rosamond Appleton, the illegitimate child of a wayward knight. His widow took on the duties of a foster mother. She raised and educated me—in a manner far beyond what most young gentlewomen are taught—and spoiled me as if...
Mar 2, 2015 | A Day In My Life
There it is! Would you mind? Just kick it over here – yes, thank you! I know it’s simply a button, one of those round-topped ones with a big, braided dome. But that’s what makes it special. That’s what makes it roll in such an intriguing semi-circle, as if it were...
Feb 28, 2015 | A Day In My Life
They’re throwing me out of the bar. Sure, I shouldn’t have hit him, but when you put an unwanted hand on a woman, there are consequences. Can I help it that with my defense skills I can put a guy on his back without breaking a sweat? I can hear him hurling...
Feb 27, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Secrets are sneaky little things and they always escape, no matter how hard you try to hold them, like smoke through your fingers. My name is Vivian Tremont and I’m a milliner in the shop I inherited from my grandmother Mim. My American cousin Scarlett Parker and I...
Feb 26, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Well, the O’Connell Organic Farm and Spa is still open for business, believe it or not. Zennia, our health-minded cook, continues to whip up occasionally intimidating but highly nutritious meals; Gordon, our business-oriented manager, is watching the budget like a...
Feb 25, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I’m Gini Miller, narrator of the second book in the Happy Hoofers series by Mary McHugh called “Flamenco, Flan and Fatalities.” It takes place on a luxury train traveling across northern Spain from Santiago de Compostela to San Sebastian. My four friends and I are...
