Dec 20, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Welcome to my world. I’m Jordan Bingham and it’s a typical day at Van Alst House, the immense pile of granite the wealthy Van Alst family build three generations ago. Now it’s owned and ruled by Vera Van Alst, a curmudgeonly book collector, last of the clan, and the...
Dec 19, 2013 | A Day In My Life
My daughter, Odelia Grey, told me this Dru Love person is one of her favorite book bloggers and that I should help her out this week. My name is Grace Littlejohn. I’m in my eighties and I’m a blogger too, so I guess we blogger gals should stick together. My blog is...
Dec 18, 2013 | A Day In My Life
If I were to tell thee about a day in my life – I, a mill girl not yet twenty – thee might not want such a life. The noise of the mill leaves my ears ringing and after standing for ten hours, my feet ache. It helps that my friend Annie Beaumont and I stroll away...
Dec 17, 2013 | A Day In My Life
The sign above my new antique cash register reads: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. All right, already, cut me some slack. I know it’s a cliché, but in my case it happens to be true. When my husband, CJ, dumped me after twenty-some years to chase ambulances...
Dec 16, 2013 | A Day In My Life
My name is Rosie Lee but everybody calls me Aunty Lee. Everybody in Singapore knows Aunty Lee’s Shiok Sambal and Aunty Lee’s Amazing Achar, and my cafe shop, Aunty Lee’s Delights—which sounds like a house of ill repute which is fine with me. Food and sex are both...
Dec 14, 2013 | A Day In My Life
“It’s your turn,” Jessica told me, and how could I argue? Last time the fantastical Dru Ann Love asked us for a guest blog, Jessica wrote about her typical day. So this time it’s up to me! Our days couldn’t be more different—Jessica’s and mine, that is. Jessica is...
