Feb 20, 2013 | A Day In My Life
“Yowl!” Chloe’s Siamese cat, Gigabyte, wove in and around my ankles as I put the last touches on my master piece, a three layered chocolate torte. I found the recipe online. It’s amazing how many recipes that you can find on the Internet. I was amazed what you could...
Feb 19, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Now that I’ve been a regular person for nearly two years, my outlook on weddings is changing. Weddings never bothered me back when I was a nun. After all, I was already married to Jesus (no, really, that’s the best way to describe it). Someone’s wedding was a break...
Feb 18, 2013 | A Day In My Life
I never imagined that my life could turn out as wonderful as it has. Take my job at A Novel Idea Literary Agency. I am now a full-fledged literary agent (thank goodness I’m no longer an intern), and every morning I get to go to work and read. Who wouldn’t love a job...
Feb 15, 2013 | A Day In My Life
This crime beat reporter at the Grand River Journal operates on a different schedule than most of the world. I work nights. That’s when all the good crime happens. I usually get up when most people are having lunch. My breakfast is typically a cream-filled long john...
Feb 14, 2013 | A Day In My Life
According to my career plan, I should be in Dallas, lead paralegal for a young, smart lawyer—did I mention he’s charming and attractive? Well, I never went there because he was happily married. My Gram raised me with standards. But I had my own condo, a Lexus I bought...
Feb 13, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Us old folks have got a lot of time on our hands on account of we’re retired, so we like to take day trips to casinos, and longer trips to faraway spots we never been before. These longer trips are called “tours,” and my granddaughter, Emily Andrew Miceli, just...