A Day In My Life ~ Jess Harriet by Lori Pollard-Johnson

I wake to the music of Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” on my clock radio, and a dark, drizzly February Sunday in Seattle. Yes, I know no one uses clock radios anymore. They use an app on their cell phone to announce morning. But I’m also fully aware that my old cell phone...

A Day In My Life ~ Emma Starrs by Cynthia Kuhn

Hello, everyone! My name is Emma Starrs, and I’m from Silvercrest, Colorado—a picturesque town in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. My sister Lucy, our beloved Aunt Nora, and I work together at Starlit Bookshop, the family store. Officially, I plan and manage the...

A Day In My Life ~ Ava Goldberg by Aliza Levine

I still remember the night Zaidy Mel taught me to read the cards. I didn’t learn everything in one night—obviously, it’s a process—but I do remember that we sat for hours on the hardwood floor of his study, heads bent together, wading through his tarot deck. I’d grown...

A Day In My Life ~ Kate Buckley by Lisa Q. Mathews

Hi, I’m Kate. Aka Kathleen, Katie—or Katie Margaret to my dad. Yep, I’m one of the infamous Buckleys from Shamrock, MA. Nice to meet you! This isn’t an ideal time to introduce myself, because I may have a teensy family crisis to deal with. But that’s nothing new, so...

A Day In My Life ~ Declan Shaw by M.E. Proctor

That Wednesday in June was by far the worst day of my life. And I’ve had a few rotten ones. Even as a kid. I never talk about those. I let something slip to Daisy one night, on a beach after too many rum punches. She was curious, I know, but she didn’t push for more....