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...
Feb 24, 2015 | A Day In My Life
With a funeral, a ghost, a murder . . . If it weren’t for bad luck. . .Well, you know the saying and I’m no exception to the rule. Growing up and living in the Eternal Slumber Funeral Home should’ve been my first clue that my life was going to be any less than normal....
Feb 23, 2015 | A Day In My Life
For me, there’s a big difference between a typical day before that morning and after. Before that morning, I’d get up early, pull on a swimsuit and head to the country club. After – well, after is another story. This story. It begins like this. . . My morning swim...
Feb 21, 2015 | A Day In My Life
This morning I woke up early in anticipation of an eventful day. My name is Candy Holliday, and I live on a blueberry farm in the quaint seaside village of Cape Willington in Down East Maine. It’s 7 a.m. on a sunny, brisk Friday in early October. After drinking my...
Feb 20, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I have a little talent that has proved itself useful over the years. I don’t need an alarm clock. Before I fall asleep, I picture a clock in my head with the hands set to the time I want to wake up. And I wake up within five minutes or less of that time. It doesn’t...
