Jan 18, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Hi, y’all. I’m Jade Hicks, owner of ‘Tis the Season, a Christmas shop in the tiny little beach town of Mermaid Bay, Virginia, on the coast near the historic triangle of Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. Life has been turned upside down here since the Love Channel...
Jan 17, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Well, hello there. I’m Dawna Carpenter, the owner of Carpenter’s Corner Hardware here in Pine Bluff, Oregon. I wasn’t expecting visitors this morning, but since you stopped by, come on in. Would you like a cup of coffee? I’ve just made a fresh pot and my daughter,...
Jan 16, 2024 | A Day In My Life
I’ve been told I’m lucky. Most of the time I don’t feel that way. My husband Brian was killed in a car crash—I survived but my legs have been put back together with titanium and screws. So you can probably see why I don’t always feel that luck is on my side. I’m...
Jan 15, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Garth Brooks sang about the “the bulls and the blood, the dust and the mud” of a rodeo. Aside from the mud part, he didn’t get today wrong. I pulled off my sheriff’s ball cap and wiped sweat off my forehead, then lifted my ponytail to catch a non-existent breeze....
Jan 12, 2024 | A Day In My Life
My name is Mabel Canning and I work for the Useful Women agency—the office is in Dover Street just off Piccadilly in London. It’s 1921 and not many of the big houses can afford a butler, footmen, a housekeeper, lady’s maid, upstairs maid, parlor maid—let alone the...
Jan 11, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Medical Examiner Suffolk County Mortuary North Grove Street Boston, Massachusetts Dec. 1, 1919 Unbelievable! When I arrived this morning at 7 AM the telephone was ringing off the wall. Usually my assistant would answer but he has classes at Harvard Medical School...
