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...
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...
