Oct 16, 2012 | A Day In My Life
My daily life used to be pretty normal before I moved to Dorset. Or at least my idea of normal. I was Mitch Berger, chief film critic for the most prestigious daily newspaper in New York City. I had a lovely wife, Maisie, who was a talented landscape architect. We...
Oct 15, 2012 | A Day In My Life
Poor Ellie. It seems she’s cursed when it comes to hosting parties. She gets too worried about every little detail being right, but I guess that’s an occupational hazard when you’re a professional organizer. Me, I throw the food out there, put on some music, and start...
Oct 10, 2012 | A Day In My Life
May in Battle Lake is a beautiful time of the year. The new green of the leaves convinces people that maybe winter wasn’t really that bad, and the lilac blossoms perfume the air with a sweet purple honey. Why Mrs. Berns had allowed Pastor Winter to talk her into...
Oct 9, 2012 | A Day In My Life
Benjamin Cooker, France’s most famous winemaker and the author of The Cooker Guide, inspires fear and even awe in grand cru estate owners and unknown young vintners alike. He’s a celebrity, but it’s like he’s from another century, when self-esteem and a certain sense...
Oct 8, 2012 | A Day In My Life
I keep telling myself that I’m not a morning person, but the universe seems to disagree with me. So here it is, oh dark thirty, and I’ve wrestled myself once again into my favorite beat-up jeans – seriously, Janet, lay off the pizza and beer! That’s me, Janet...
Oct 3, 2012 | A Day In My Life
My name is Summer Westin, but most people call me Sam. In college, I majored in wildlife biology and dreamed of becoming a park ranger. But there are only so many ranger positions across the U.S., and I never landed one of them. So I patch together a living by doing...
