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...
Jan 10, 2024 | A Day In My Life
My day usually begins with a cup of espresso before heading down to the Pig & Whistle pub in the small town of Sea Isle, Scotland, for more coffee and a full Scottish breakfast. A woman needs to keep her strength up for those long days in the doctor’s office. Most...
Jan 9, 2024 | A Day In My Life
My mother always claimed she had three daughters because of Omne Trium Perfectum. Everything’s better in threes. We were skeptical, but when Em and CJ bought a B&B, they named it the Three Sisters B&B. And promptly needed my help, just like when we were...
Jan 8, 2024 | A Day In My Life
My name is Billy Jo and I’ve just had awful news. PD is retiring! PD is a detective, and I work for his agency called Rosedale Investigations. My lovely (and free) apartment is upstairs. I’m twenty-one now, but was living in my car until two years ago when PD tracked...
