Sep 10, 2013 | A Day In My Life
A normal day in my life? Right now there is no normal. Not too long ago I was assistant to a diva fashion model, and before that I was a stylist. I didn’t do hair, I didn’t do make up, I ‘styled’; that is, I coordinated a ‘look’ for a client. I love fashion and like...
Sep 9, 2013 | A Day In My Life
It was just an average summer day in Himmarshee, Fla. — so hot the hens were laying hard-boiled eggs — when my middle daughter Mace broke the news. ”Prepare yourself, Mama. You are not going to like the title of the latest book.”...
Sep 6, 2013 | A Day In My Life
The first thing most people notice about me is my build. I’m kind of skinny. In fact, I’m skin and bones, minus the skin. You see, I’m a skeleton. Don’t freak out. I’m still a person, albeit a dead one. I’m ambulatory, articulate,...
Sep 5, 2013 | A Day In My Life
I’m so worried about my niece, Maggie. She’s just come back from New York City and the news isn’t good. She’s been fired from her wonderful job at the bank. They said she took money from them. I know that’s not true! I’m glad to have her back in Durham, North Carolina...
Sep 4, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Hi, I’m Daisy Buchanan, the fifty-something-year-old proprietress of Sometimes a Great Notion, a sewing notions and antiques shop in the quaint village of Millbury, Pennsylvania. Actually, I’m fifty-eight, but fifty-something sounds better. And yes, in case you’re...
Sep 3, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Clip-clop, clip-clop, rattle was the sounds that came through Running Stitch’s, my Amish quilt shop’s, open front door. I recognized it immediately. An Amish buggy. Without looking up from the cutting table where I was cutting surplus fabric in fat quarters, I knew it...
