Jul 20, 2026 | A Day In My Life
When I was eleven, the age my daughter is now, I spent hours during summer in my grandmother’s shop, tucked in the cool nook beneath her office desk. Mostly, I read there, but if I’m honest, when Grandma Butterfield wasn’t looking, I’d peek inside the desk drawers. I...
Jul 9, 2026 | A Day In My Life
Most of my days in Willow Bluff, Georgia start the same way: My ginger kitten, Biscuits, is sitting on my stomach screaming hangry meows at me. Gravy, my gray fluffball, is squeaking like one of those dog toys. Together, they make an alarm clock no human being could...
Jul 8, 2026 | A Day In My Life
I knew it was going to be one of those days the moment I opened my eyes and found Captain Morgan sitting on my chest. Not beside me. Not at the foot of the bed. On my chest. The giant Maine Coon stared down at me with the patience of a cat who believed he had waited...
Jun 30, 2026 | A Day In My Life
I’m Isobel Margaret Russell. Most folks call me “Ibby” I’m a pushing seventy, happily single, part-time research librarian. I live in the fine old house in Salem, Massachusetts where I was born. It’s a big house, and sometimes I rent a few upstairs rooms to short time...
Jun 29, 2026 | A Day In My Life
Breakfast at the Tremont Beacon Hill mansion is much better than the porridge Mrs. Mulcahey serves in her Northie boarding house. Especially when Mary runs in unexpectedly, her kimono pulled tight. She’s chased by her equally beautiful sister, Katherine, demanding a...
