Jul 5, 2012 | A Day In My Life
I’m ankle-deep in pig muck and wondering how I got in this mess. Oh, that’s right, I signed on to be the marketing guru at the O’Connell Organic Farm and Spa after Esther, a recent widow, decided to turn her farm into a bed and breakfast, complete with spa services. I...
Jul 3, 2012 | A Day In My Life
The phone rang making me jump. I shouldn’t have been startled. After all, I was expecting the phone call. Still, I couldn’t help being nervous as my fingers fumbled while picking up my cell. The screen flashed Rick Bilbee, manager of my fledgling opera and musical...
Jul 2, 2012 | A Day In My Life
I’ve just moved to Appleseed Creek, Ohio a few days ago, and I already have a roommate but not because I wanted one. I’m not sure how it happened. I was driving my Siamese cat Gigabyte and me down a country road to a rural community when we came across teenaged Becky...
Jun 21, 2012 | A Day In My Life
When a male author writes from a 1st person female POV, it’s not surprising that people are curious about how that works. My easy, and completely unsatisfactory answer, is “not sure”. A more legitimate answer is that novelists put themselves into the minds of all...
Jun 20, 2012 | A Day In My Life
Thank you so much for inviting me, Dru. Iʼm quite stunned that anyone would be interested in a day in the life of Francie Vanderhoosen. Seems like senior citizens are invisible to most folks, so Iʼm thrilled to be here. My life is fairly quiet most days. I live in a...
Jun 19, 2012 | A Day In My Life
Contrary to popular belief, the last thoughts I have before going to sleep at night and the first ones I have in the morning are not about Jack. Not any more, at least. At one point in my life (admittedly, not all that long ago), I believed that Jack and I had a...
