Jan 16, 2014 | A Day In My Life
Hi! I’m Hero, fire rescue dog in-training for the Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade, at your service. My mother, Sylvia, and I were rescued when I was just a puppy. I’m a year old now, and people say I’m growing nicely. I always lick their hands when they give me a...
Jan 15, 2014 | A Day In My Life
Hi. I’m Lauren Vancouver, and I’m the chief administrator at HotRescues, a really wonderful no-kill animal shelter in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley. Thanks to Dru for inviting me back here to blog. I’d like to tell you about my latest adventure:...
Jan 14, 2014 | A Day In My Life
A year ago, I moved from Minneapolis to Battle Lake, Minnesota, population 787 and dropping. Specifically, I’d developed a distasteful habit of discovering one corpse a month since arriving here in May. A lesser woman would think herself cursed. I’d been raised by a...
Jan 13, 2014 | A Day In My Life
So there I was, churning up the hill toward Memorial Cemetery, the wrought-iron gates looming up through swirling fog like disapproving sentinels. My BFF Toni was riding shotgun, while stuffed in the back seat were four enormous baskets of flowers. Somehow, we’d been...
Jan 10, 2014 | A Day In My Life
Let’s be real. If we’re talking about a day in my life, Martha Rose, we’re usually talking about sewing quilts. And if the day is Tuesday, we’re talking about stitching quilts with my best friends Lucy Mondello (tall redhead, who always dresses with a theme) and...
Jan 8, 2014 | A Day In My Life
A typical day? I haven’t had a typical day in, well in forever. What on earth is a typical day when you own a yoga studio, your friend was murdered, and you’re trying to find a new home for a horse-sized monster dog? Let’s start with my to-do list for the day: Teach...
