Jun 14, 2014 | A Day In My Life
Good morning! I’m Stormi Nelson, best-selling romance author and a bit of a recluse. But, people tend to disrupt my orderly life. Especially since most of my neighbors have preconceived ideas about romance writers and tend to snicker behind their hands. I’d like to...
Jun 13, 2014 | A Day In My Life
Work from sun up to sun down. That is the Amish way. That is what every day is like for my family but not today. My husband is the owner of Miller’s Amish Bakery on Sugartree Street in Rolling Brook, a small town in Holmes County, Ohio. It is a popular bakery, and...
Jun 11, 2014 | A Day In My Life
I’m so excited! You see, I own the Seven-Year Stitch, an embroidery shop, here in Tallulah Falls. We have a nice little museum here in town. It has some terrific exhibits, but normally, it’s not a big deal. {Claps hands over her mouth.} Did I really just say that out...
Jun 10, 2014 | A Day In My Life
Occupation: Crime Reporter “The kid died.” I’m racing past my editor when he hollers this after me. I backtrack to his desk. “What’s the plan?” “A1,” he says and turns back to his green screen. Front page. Last night a bunch of U.C. Berkeley students had a party...
Jun 9, 2014 | A Day In My Life
“Mary Margaret Reed you forgot your umbrella, again.” I could hear Mother’s nagging voice in my head as I cinched my pink Columbia Sportswear jacket tighter and trudged through the rain to my office. It didn’t matter that I’ve told Mother a thousand times that no one...
Jun 7, 2014 | A Day In My Life
If you blink while you’re driving on the Great River Road north of Alton, Illinois, you might miss River Bend entirely. And that’s not a bad thing. Those of us who live in the tiny town tucked between the bluffs along the Mississippi don’t mind when the world passes...
