Oct 20, 2011 | A Day In My Life
Date: July 17 Place: San Francisco Observation point: Residence adjacent to Jo’s. On the balcony, behind the statue of Cupid. 6:15 a.m. – Foghorn blares. Jo’s shutters open. Kitchen lights turn on. Coffee pot turns on. 6:32 a.m. – First pot of coffee is gone. She...
Oct 19, 2011 | A Day In My Life
Every morning, I’m reminded how painfully thin the walls are that divide my side of the duplex from my landlady Ina Carroll’s side. Six out of seven mornings, I wake up to a riotous Irish jig or a mournful rendition of Oh Danny Boy. Even though Ina’s on the upward...
Oct 18, 2011 | A Day In My Life
Most of my days are pretty boring. I’m Ellie Avery. I’m a mom of two small kids and I run a home-based business, so my days are like any other mom’s. There’s lots of coming and going in my life. Carpool lines, storytimes, naptimes, grocery store runs. You get the...
Oct 17, 2011 | A Day In My Life
I’m Willow Vanderling. I own a dream-come-true machine embroidery shop. It’s on a slope in the village known as Threadville, and I don’t have far to commute each day—my apartment is underneath the shop. A hunky guy named Clay did the renovations, but that’s another...
Oct 14, 2011 | A Day In My Life
Did you ever look back on your life and want to just slap yourself? Yeah, that pretty much describes how I felt explaining to my editor at the Ranchero Globe why I ended up in a small town fifty miles north of Dallas writing personals when I’d graduated several years...
Oct 13, 2011 | A Day In My Life
I have a good life in Saltlick, Texas. It’s a great place to live with lots of friendly people. For the most part. I wait tables at my Uncle Huey’s diner, Huey’s Hash. It’s hard work, but Mother doesn’t hold with people who shirk hard...
