Sep 21, 2011 | A Day In My Life
Hi, I’m Becca Robins, and I’m from the small town of Monson, South Carolina. I think the best part about what I do is that I get to be outside most of the time. Of course, I’m inside when I’m making jams and preserves, but other than that I’m usually in the middle of...
Sep 19, 2011 | A Day In My Life
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! 6:28 a.m. – One eye opens, barely. Ugh. Way too early. Snooze. 6:43 a.m. – Snooze. 6:58 a.m. – Snooze. 8:48 a.m. – ACK!!!! I turned off the stupid alarm! I’m supposed to meet with a client in … I glance at the clock again … twelve minutes? 9:18...
Sep 16, 2011 | A Day In My Life
That’s Life. Remember the song? For those of you who are too young, it was one of Frank Sinatra’s later hits, back in the mid 1960’s. The song is about life’s ups and downs and no matter how many times you fall flat on your face, you’ve got to pick yourself up and go...
Sep 14, 2011 | A Day In My Life
“Well behaved women seldom make history.” I got to thinking why I so very much like reading and writing about strong women. To be honest with you, I think it’s because I’ve spent most of my life as a wimp, doing as I was told, minding my manners, saying...
Sep 12, 2011 | A Day In My Life
Hi, I’m Marcy. I own the Seven-Year Stitch, an embroidery specialty shop on the Oregon coast. I used to be an accountant in San Francisco, but my best friend and former college roommate—Sadie MacKenzie—talked me into tapping into my inner entrepreneur. You see, Sadie...
Sep 9, 2011 | A Day In My Life
When Dru Ann asked me to write about an average day in my life, I almost told her no. There’s nothing average about life in Himmarshee, Fla., just north of Lake Okeechobee. We’ve had a highly unusual spate of murders, and I’ve been right in the...
