Oct 12, 2011 | A Day In My Life
You know those people who always win stuff? Radio call-in shows, door prizes, pull tabs, scratch offs—they can’t help but get lucky? Well, I’m the yin to their yang, the shadow to their light. Their luck brings them money, concert tickets, and fruit baskets, and mine...
Oct 11, 2011 | A Day In My Life
“We’d probably never be friends if it weren’t for Margaret Grace,” Gerry said. “You mean Ada Madison,” Sophie replied. Since they had a common friend (whose real name was Camille Minichino) Gerry Porter and Sophie Knowles decided to...
Oct 10, 2011 | A Day In My Life
My name is Skye Denison and I’m a school psychologist in rural Scumble River, Illinois (population a bit over 3000). I like to say that my hometown is seventy-five miles south of Chicago and seventy-five years behind the times. At thirty-six, I never thought I would...
Oct 6, 2011 | A Day In My Life
Hello. I’m Lauren Vancouver. Who am I? Well, I save pets. That’s the most important thing to me–except for my two college-age kids, of course. But they understand how their mother is driven to take care of homeless or abused animals and find them new forever...
Oct 5, 2011 | A Day In My Life
The thing is, they start way too early. If you ask me, the day shouldn’t start until after eight. But I made the mistake of falling in love with a doctor, and that’s what I get for it. Pre-dawn wake-up calls. Not that Derek’s a doctor anymore. He quit practicing...
Oct 4, 2011 | A Day In My Life
Normally, my day is like that old Dunkin’ Donuts commercial. You know the one, where the bleary eyed guy with the mustache stumbles though his day, saying “It’s time to make the donuts.” The problem being I’m not really a morning person,...
