A Sparkling Vintage Life

Jennifer shares an interview she did with Barbara Carpenter on the Speak Up North Idaho radio broadcast, talking about the Music Shop Mysteries and more.

Jennifer reads her award-winning short story, The House on Cherry Street.

In this tender short story set in the aftermath of World War I, elderly Charlotte returns to her childhood home on Cherry Street one last time — not merely to retrieve a forgotten trunk, but to deliver a lifeline to her grieving grandniece Betsy, whose young husband has just fallen in the war. As Charlotte moves through the rooms where she came of age, she unspools a long-held secret: the story of her own wartime love, her devastating loss, and the autumn night in the attic when a mockingbird singing out of season pulled her back from the edge of despair. Lyrical and quietly profound, The House on Cherry Street is a story about the stubborn persistence of love across generations — and the faith that grief, however deep, need not have the final word.

Jennifer reads the fourth and final chapter of her Christmas cozy-mystery novella, Slay Bells Ring.

Jennifer reads Chapter 3 of the Christmas novella, Slay Bells Ring, and shares a few tidbits about the fictional small town, Timber Coulee.

Jennifer reads Chapter 2 of her Christmas novella, "Slay Bells Ring."

Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendar: jacquielawson.com/advent

Jennifer reads the first chapter of her Christmas novella, Slay Bells Ring: A Music Shop Mini-Mystery.

Join Jennifer as she discusses the keeping of a five-year diary, and also reads the opening chapter of her new historical cozy mystery, Murder on a High Note.

Jennifer shares a favorite short story from 1925: "Three Who Stole at Christmas Time" by Temple Bailey.

In this special Thanksgiving episode, Jennifer reads the story "How We Kept Thanksgiving in Oldtown" by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

As summer turns to fall, Jennifer suggests some ways to incorporate vintage jewelry, scarves, hats, and shoes into a modern wardrobe.