Aug 21, 2013 | A Day In My Life
This is probably not the best time to be writing this. I’m in the cramped Green Room just off-stage at the local Elk’s Club, waiting to be introduced. “Green Room” might be overstating the case; I think it became the Green Room when it was determined it was too small...
Aug 20, 2013 | A Day In My Life
I.C. Enger told us, Jack, Ed and me, that one of us can write a piece for “A Day in the Life” blog. Jack, as in Special Agent Jack Strickland of Homeland Security, said that if he did he’d have to shoot I.C. Agent Ed Red Wind, a real live Homeland Security Shadow...
Aug 19, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Yep, I’ve got a new life, but not by choice. What had been a pretty nice life abruptly ended after my husband won a top chef contest on TV and then promptly announced that he was trimming the fat in his life—namely me. Of course, my soon-to-be ex wanted this to be a...
Aug 15, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Callas, roses, daisies, murder, carnations, mums, kidnappings, corsages, bouquets, mayhem . . . Whew. Sorry. I ran out of breath. But that’s my typical day. As you can see, I’m not your typical florist. I own a cozy little flower shop named Bloomers – well, okay, the...
Aug 14, 2013 | A Day In My Life
My name’s Molly Smith and I am a Constable Third Class with the Trafalgar Police Service. Molly is not the name with which I was christened, but when I started thinking about a career in the police, I soon decided that if I wanted to be treated as an equal by people...
Aug 13, 2013 | A Day In My Life
My name is Dixie Dunn, I’m in my seventies, and I’ve outlived my usefulness. Again. That’s right, I’ve been kicked to the curb for the second time in as many years for one reason and one reason only: Winston Hohlbrook, the director of the Sweet Briar Public Library in...
