Oct 25, 2023 | A Day In My Life
My parents named me Benjamin at birth, but now the only person who calls me that is my prickly Uncle Phil. Everyone else calls me Mess, a nickname coined by my older sister when we were kids. I glance around the motel room where I live. Clothes—mostly clean—are strewn...
Oct 24, 2023 | A Day In My Life
I’m Cecelia Barton, known to most as Cece. I’ve lived in Colinas for, wow, nearly eight months now. It’s a lovely little historic town in the scenic wine-producing Alexander Valley about ninety minutes north of San Francisco. Most days I walk or bike over to Vino y...
Oct 23, 2023 | A Day In My Life
December 1925, Salem, Massachusetts: Jeepers, creepers, it looks like trouble’s ambushed me again. And at Christmastime, no less. I’m Lizzie Crane, a New York jazz singer with a band known as The Troubadours. My three musician pals and I have just arrived in Salem,...
Oct 20, 2023 | A Day In My Life
A town has a life of its own. Did you know that? It is woven into a fabric made up of the interconnecting lives of those who live in it, and they create that life new every day. Every act changes it. Every person has something to contribute. Or take away. I am...
Oct 19, 2023 | A Day In My Life
Welcome, to my kitchen. I’m Hanna Eastham and if you were here you would smell the delicious aroma of chocolate, vanilla, and spices wafting through the air. The scent almost makes me swoon. I’m a firm believer that chocolate can solve almost every problem. For...
Oct 18, 2023 | A Day In My Life
The day started out right… (My twin sister, Tabby, usually gets the spotlight but I insisted it was my turn. She graciously stepped aside because this is my story to tell.) We were busy at All Good Things Nursery. It was mid-December and Savannah’s mild temperatures...
