Aug 1, 2024 | A Day In My Life
I hope you don’t think this is too forward. But, for goodness sake, this is 1908, and I think jumping in and introducing myself is quite acceptable. Although I know my mother and father would not approve. Regardless, my name is Myrtle Vanhoff, and my parents are...
Jul 31, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Occupation: Editorial Assistant Dear Ms. St. Clair, I just wanted to tell you how much The Secret of Wyldcliffe Heights means to me. I read it for the first time when I was fourteen and it saved my life. I’d never felt like someone really saw me until then, and...
Jul 30, 2024 | A Day In My Life
They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway…but in our little costume shop the Eastbrook Playhouse, my day can be derailed by a feather. More accurately, three genuine ostrich feathers dyed a vibrant crimson for Dolly Levi’s headdress. But we saw to our horror,...
Jul 26, 2024 | A Day In My Life
I was left at the altar. There, I said it. I wish I didn’t find it so embarrassing. Wish it didn’t hurt so much, all these months later. Wish I could say I was handling it well, but I’m not. It feels like everything around me has changed. Or maybe, I am the thing that...
Jul 25, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Occupation: The Lazy Bones Bookshop dog Humans don’t understand how complicated the life of a bookshop dog can be. Let’s review one of my typical days. Bailey, the human I oversee, leads me into the backyard each morning before giving me breakfast inside,...
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...
