Nov 11, 2021 | A Day In My Life
That rainy morning in March of 1878, as I climbed out of a hansom cab near the stone arch that opens onto Scotland Yard, a passerby spat at me. “Liars and cheats, all o’ ye,” he hissed. “Better off at the bottom of the bloody Thames.” I bit the inside of my cheek to...
Nov 7, 2021 | A Day In My Life
My name is Trevor Finnegan. Some people call me Finn. I’m a Robbery-Homicide Detective I (first grade) with the Los Angeles Police Department. Being a detective in RHD is one of the most coveted jobs in the LAPD, and as a young black man, it wasn’t easy getting...
Oct 29, 2021 | A Day In My Life
A day in my life starts not quite as early as one might think. After all, since I’m the housekeeper for the spacious Mallowan Hall in Devon, England, and I employ only superior staff, I have no need to rise before half seven. Of course, the kitchen maids, the...
Oct 26, 2021 | A Day In My Life
Hi, folks. I’m Misty Murphy, the innkeeper of the Mountaintop Lodge in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. I bought the lodge just recently, on the same day I turned fifty and sent the youngest of my two children off to college at the University of...
