May 10, 2014 | A Day In My Life
Hey, y’all, you may remember me from Heard It Through The Grapevine, the first book in the Dead Sister Talking Mystery Series. I’m Madelyn Castillo, and I’m a rookie cop in Vineyard, Texas. On Thanksgiving night, I switched shifts with a divorced fellow officer who...
May 9, 2014 | A Day In My Life
What’s six feet tall, believes everything is about her, makes mountains out of molehills, obsesses over shoes and makeup, has undertaken a never-ending quest to find the perfect job, and used to be a guy? Me! Jackie Thum. In another lifetime, when I was an aspiring...
May 8, 2014 | A Day In My Life
Mornings can be kind of cloudy. Every night I tell myself I’m not going to open any wine. Still, mornings can be kind of cloudy. Quick shower, mug of tea and out the door in time for work. I walk unless it’s really hammering down which – in Dumfries – is quite often....
May 7, 2014 | A Day In My Life
Verna Crowell and her pet rabbit live next door to the newly opened Dixie Dew Bed and Breakfast. She and the rabbit (named Robert Redford, Verna figured the rabbit was as close to the actor as she’d ever get) do more to confuse B&B owner Beth’s search...
May 6, 2014 | A Day In My Life
My first day at the Cloverdale fair went great. I’d taken a booth to advertise my new shop, Piper’s Picklings, which I’d set up after my move to Cloverdale in upstate New York, and it was definitely working. Maybe it was my unique (and expensive!) pickle barrel,...
May 5, 2014 | A Day In My Life
It looks like a seaside cottage—probably a hundred years old—and has to be the friendliest looking shop I’ve ever seen. The front window is filled with amazing yarn, some draped over branches, some floating on a pile of autumn leaves. The whole thing teasing, coaxing,...
