Oct 1, 2012 | A Day In My Life
I wake up in every morning burrowed under the pillows on the living room sofa, while my nemesis, Albert the Cat, slumbers on the bed in the bedroom. I do not complain. It is my duty to protect the casa from intruders, and only the living room allows me to patrol the...
Sep 27, 2012 | A Day In My Life
A typical day? That’s a tough one. See, I don’t have a set schedule, and I love it. I tried the nine-to-five office routine, but it was like the death of a thousand cuts—paper cuts, that is. But still, I couldn’t take it. I guess you’d say my days are fluid. I’m a...
Sep 26, 2012 | A Day In My Life
I love to wake up wearing my favorite tee shirt which says The Queen of Everything. It starts my day off right – that and a breakfast that includes plenty of fat and sugar. I don’t trust a woman who won’t eat fat and sugar. Usually I have three slices of bacon, two...
Sep 25, 2012 | A Day In My Life
I own a bookstore, Pip’s Pages, in the small town of Dickens Junction, Oregon (just outside Astoria, near the mouth of the Columbia River). Dickens Junction was founded more than fifty years ago by my grandfather, Ebenezer Dickens Junior, to honor the life and works...
Sep 24, 2012 | A Day In My Life
“What in the world do you need at a rummage sale?” asked Nellie, shouting into the phone. “Not about need, Mom,” I answered, holding my so-called smart phone inches away from my ear as I sat in the car checking over my list. “Besides, this isn’t any old rummage sale....
Sep 21, 2012 | A Day In My Life
I never figured I’d ever get married again. Didn’t think I’d ever want to. Not after the fiasco that was five years of being shackled, hand and foot, to Melissa James. And it took a while, I have to admit. Another five years to get over the first five. But then Avery...
