Feb 5, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I’m known around these parts as The Amazing Althea, not just because of my psychic abilities—my specialty bein’ palms and tarot cards—but because I bake some of the best banana bread y’all will ever taste. In fact, I reckon that’s how I earned my nickname. People took...
Feb 4, 2015 | A Day In My Life
So you probably already know not to eat French fries with your fingers in Chile, not to shake hands across a threshold in Russia, and to always sit in the backseat of a taxi (never up front with the driver) if you’re a woman traveling solo in Costa Rica. But you...
Feb 3, 2015 | A Day In My Life
It’s hard to believe I’m actually here, living and working in the Outer Banks! Things have moved so fast over the last few days, I can scarcely catch my breath. Was it only a few days ago that I fled that fancy restaurant in Boston, leaving my long-long-long time...
Feb 2, 2015 | A Day In My Life
I’ve always been an early riser, and I love breakfast! It’s that one meal I won’t skip, even if it’s a quickie, like the one I’ve got in mind for today. There is so much to do today. Quiches to bake at the shop. Deliveries of fine cheeses coming in at ten. A group...
Feb 1, 2015 | A Day In My Life
Walker Boone here from the lovely city of Savannah, Georgia. The azaleas are in bloom, the magnolias are big as dinner plates and I’m on the run. In Dead Man Walker coming out Feb 3, I’ve got my very own story to tell. It’s from my point of view and that’s the good...
Jan 31, 2015 | A Day In My Life
New Holland, New York Monday, April 3, 1961 My day begins over a hard roll and coffee with my best friend in the world, Ron “Fadge” Fiorello, the proprietor of the soda shop across the street from my apartment. He’s usually late opening up the store,...
