Dec 23, 2013 | A Day In My Life
My name is Celeste Higgs and I’m pleased to meet all of you. When Dru Ann asked me to tell you about a typical day in my life, I hesitated. You see my days have recently undergone quite a remarkable change. Having reached the age of majority, I decided to leave...
Dec 21, 2013 | A Day In My Life
I’m Josie Toadfern-Applegate, former Laundromat owner, but still the best stain expert in Paradise… and in Mason County, Ohio. And, I’ll go ahead and say it, in all of the United States. Maybe in the whole world! Now, in case that sounds like I’m getting too big for...
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...
