The words of Valerie Griswold-Ford

Saturday, December 17   “You look nervous.”   Jade looked at herself in the mirror again, and her eyes met Jack’s as he came up behind her. “Hopefully only you…

Friday, December 16   “Just a hint?” Drew teased, and Molly laughed at him.   “No,” she said, starting to roll small balls of dough and setting them out on…

Thursday, December 15   Can you believe that it’s Christmas in only ten days? Schrodinger asked, as he and Molly walked down the street towards St. Michael’s Church. It’s really…

Wednesday, December 14 “I love snow days,” Gideon announced, leaning back against Jack’s side in the pile of children, dog, and CrossCat. They were in Schrodinger’s extra-large cat bed, cuddled…

  Tuesday, December 13 They usually slept late on Tuesdays, since Molly and Schrodinger had the day off. It had been harder than normal to get out of bed this…

Monday, December 12 When Lily pushed open the front door of CrossWinds Books after she, Jack, and Schrodinger had walked from school, she could almost taste the citrus in the…

Sunday, December 11 Normally, the bookstore smelled like cookies, tea, and the wonderful smell of books, combined with woodsmoke from the stove, and the subtle fragrances that Molly and Aunt…

Saturday, December 10 “Molly, Schrodinger, are you here?” Gideon called out as soon as he pushed open the door to CrossWinds Books. “You didn’t leave without us, did you?” “We’re…

Thursday, December 8 Normally, Thursdays were their days off, but Molly had decided that she wanted to go into the store to finish her cookies for the bake sale on…