Apr 19, 2024 | A Day In My Life
One of the joys of my job with the Clarion newspaper is that every day is different. I’m lucky, when so many people have lost their jobs following the Wall Street Crash. To be a chief crime correspondent when I’m still the right side of thirty is a dream come true....
Mar 28, 2024 | A Day In My Life
I must tell you; it is not easy to be the sister of two inventors. I try to keep the house as neat and tidy as possible but is near impossible with my older brothers Wilbur and Orville constantly making a mess of things. There are always books, bits of paper, and...
Mar 12, 2024 | A Day In My Life
My name is Dorothy Henderson, but most people call me Dot, as does my pal Amelia Earhart. Being here in Boston for a few weeks in the summer of 1926 and out of my home milieu of Pasadena, California, I don’t have much of a typical day. Amelia does, being employed as a...
Mar 6, 2024 | A Day In My Life
April 20, 1921 The train rocks beneath me as we rumble somewhere through the mountains of central Pennsylvania. Dawn peeks pink through the window of my private room, and my pug, Aphrodite, snores, oblivious to my mood. Three years. I’ve been away three years from my...
Mar 5, 2024 | A Day In My Life
Occupation: Private Eye during the Golden Age of Hollywood Hi, my name is Babs Norman. My real name is Barbara, but only my stubborn mother and my crazy (don’t underestimate him) ex-husband call me that. I changed my name when I moved from my hometown of San Francisco...