Jul 24, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Two weeks ago, I was working in Hollywood as a writer on the Kidz Channel TV show, Duh! Today, I’m making beds and cleaning bathrooms at a rustic mid-century motel in California’s Gold Rush Country that I bought with my best friend Jeff, who also happens to be my...
Jul 23, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Coffee, and lots of it. That was the way I began every day. But today there was little joy in java as I pushed through my morning routine and made my way to the library, my calling, my work, my challenge. My friend Ruby’s dilemma weighed heavily on my mind. A bundle...
Jul 19, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Hey, I’m Joss Miller and I’m a barista at Sugar Creek Café in Charleston, South Carolina. The café isn’t trendy and sleek like the popular franchise coffeehouses. More like walking into someone’s home. I heard the chimes of the café door indicating a customer had...
Jul 17, 2024 | A Day In My Life
I pick off the dead blossoms of purple and pink and survey the tall grasses that sequester my secret garden within a wall of feathery plumes—a serene escape hidden behind my seaside cottage and the source of my homegrown poisons. Dew clings to delicate petals like...
Jul 15, 2024 | A Day In My Life
God, I’m forty-eight today. How did this happen? My body looks much the same as it did for the last twenty years—to me. We never see our reflection quite the way someone else does, right? But there are subtle differences. I see my once athletic build retreating into a...
Jul 12, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Have you ever broken a law because you know in your heart that the law is wrong? Not just wrong, but evil? I have, and I’m not ashamed. The law I must ignore is the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. That despicable legislation states that even in free states, citizens must...
