Jul 23, 2014 | A Day In My Life
My name is Casey Feldstein. Generally the next thing people mention is there profession. I’ve had a few, well, really that’s quite a few professions. You could say that none of them have stuck, or that I haven’t stuck with them. As my mother, a successful Chicago...
Jul 22, 2014 | A Day In My Life
There is an Italian proverb, Chi affoga s’attaccherrebbe alle funi del cielo. Loosely translated, it means “A drowning man plucks at a straw.” When I was a young girl back in Italy, my grandmother, dressed in her widow-black, eyes hard nuggets of Tuscan coal,...
Jul 21, 2014 | A Day In My Life
I’m Eve Appel, and with my partner and best friend, Madeleine Boudreaux, I own and operate a consignment shop in rural Florida. We’re well established in the area now after a few ups and downs. You can read about the rollicking ride in A Secondhand Murder and the...
Jul 19, 2014 | A Day In My Life
My name is Billy Two-Feathers. I am a full blooded Cherokee Indian adopted and raised by white parents in Wilton, Connecticut. I met my best friend, Donald Youngblood, in college. We attended the University of Connecticut. Most of the time I call Don, “Blood.” Most of...
Jul 18, 2014 | A Day In My Life
Here in Montana, we love our festivals. Summers are short and stunning—and in every corner of the state, we celebrate. The Festival of Nations. Mule Days. Homesteader Days. Buzzard Days—honoring ‘nature’s cleaners’. The Strawberry Festival. Rendezvous Days. Pow Wows....
Jul 17, 2014 | A Day In My Life
One of my favorite characters in the Meg Langslow series is her grandfather, Dr. J. Montgomery Blake, the eminent zoologist and environmentalist. Dr. Blake first entered Meg’s life in The Penguin Who Knew Too Much. While on a visit to Caerphilly, he saw a picture of...
