Dec 28, 2023 | A Day In My Life
We understand you’ve requested an interview with our family for a profile about our lives. Honestly, the Van Ness family generally decline the numerous amounts of media requests we get because we are much too busy to accommodate. But if you want more information about...
Dec 25, 2023 | A Day In My Life
Instead of telling you about a day in my life, which can be kind of dull, how about if I told you about a night in my life? Last night. At my night job. It was midnight, and I was visiting the tiny town of Los Ranchos in Southern California. Located halfway between...
Dec 22, 2023 | A Day In My Life
I love my husband. Honestly, my life would be much easier if I didn’t. It’s no Sunday picnic being married to the enfant terrible of the literary world. Brooks Anderson has no filter and no boundaries. His words are sharper than an Obsidian blade. And he knows how to...
Dec 21, 2023 | A Day In My Life
Mostly, my days are filled with gossip. Because what kind of mystery-solving sidekick isn’t well-informed? Not that I am a sidekick, mind you. As a magical familiar, I am a very powerful and intelligent being–even if I do look like a big black sheepdog. You can call...
Dec 20, 2023 | A Day In My Life
Early morning coffee with a view. This was the routine Tim and I had happily adopted since moving to the antique Victorian house by the river – and what a view it was. Past Otter Creek and the village of Alexandria Bay we could just make out Heart Island, Boldt...
Dec 19, 2023 | A Day In My Life
Something isn’t right with Eliza Hamilton. You might say a woman like me, Alice Rhodes, would not know enough about such a fine lady as her. But you’d be wrong. I had the good fortune of knowing her when I was just widowed and the good ladies of the Widow Society took...