A favorite saying of a cousin of mine has been echoing in my head recently: “It’s a grand life if you don’t weaken.” Ever curious me looked up the origin …
Semi-tractor trailers and me
The morning in 1993 that I pulled out in front of an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer, missing him by inches, I knew I was going to have to do something to make …
Willie Nelson, Brian Wilson, Vince Gill and roomful of Ukrainians
Dan and I spent last weekend in my hometown, Chattanooga, Tennessee. We were there for two events, flip sides of each other: an end-of-life celebration and a beginning-of-married-life celebration. It …
Eckhart Tolle and bluegrass
When I was 4-years-old, I sang in the local high school’s fund-raising talent show. In my tiny blue pleated skirt, Mickey Mouse Club T-shirt and Mickey Mouse ears, I shouted …
Strictly for the birds
When I was a little girl, I would often sit on the porch, in my daddy’s lap while he talked to the local crows. He would cup his mouth and …
Making precious memories
Dan and I are spending this week hiking and camping at Big South Fork of the Cumberland River. The campground is close to empty with our neighbors being an audacious …
What do you do with a drunken sailor?
There’s a lot of airway noise right now. Accessing the news takes courage, as one hears everyday rants, as fingers point, and as everyone who is talking is completely convinced …
Stardust and a dose of quantum mechanics
It all started when I was having my hair cut. I overheard two young stylists talking about moissanite engagement rings. Moissanite?
A few days later, I told a friend about this …