Mar 31, 2025 | A Day In My Life
When I hit AC to celebrate turning thirty-five, let’s just say that time travel did not appear on my Birthday Bingo Card. Yet here I am, stuck in 1955, in a Mid-Century version of Atlantic City that is unrecognizable to me. No casinos because gambling is illegal. (But...
Mar 27, 2025 | A Day In My Life
I’m Shelby Phillips, new “temporary manager” of Nina’s Nimble Needle needlepoint shop while my mom Nina is on vacation. As my first official day at the shop, yesterday was blessedly ordinary. Even after I did everything I could think of to get ready for today’s big...
Mar 26, 2025 | A Day In My Life
On a cold Minnesota January morning I sat at my desk with four files in front of me. It was time for the annual cold case review. As recently elected sheriff of Pearsal County and widow of the previous sheriff, I’d taken over the duty. The oldest case was an unknown...
Mar 25, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Hi, I’m Emma Brennan. Twenty-five, single, a new business owner, and human for a gorgeous Birman cat named Vivi. I’m very excited because in days I’ll be opening the Aroma Wellness Spa in Carmel-by-the-Sea. For those of you who don’t know about Carmel, it’s located on...
Mar 24, 2025 | A Day In My Life
Vivian Kaye loitered in the expansive lobby of the Hoskins Building, sipping her coffee and watching the ebb and flow of employees to the elevators. Her boss, Howard Hoskins, founding partner at the Hoskins, Branch, and Kato law firm, owned the building. Currently,...
