Country music often speaks to me. Lyrics have always been the main part of any music I love. I want a story, a saga or something I can hold on …
Kicking out the New Year’s Eve blahs
The countdown to the new year has begun, and New Year’s Day, an official federal holiday, will soon be here.
Counting the newest one, there are now 11 federal holidays in …
It is time to waste an hour
In the middle of Christmas chaos last week, I got an overwhelming desire to “waste an hour.”
Wasting an hour was something my mother introduced when I was much too young …
Lessons on the high seas
One of my favorite classes when I was a student at the University of Tennessee was a speech class.
Yes, part of the allure was that it combined two of my …
How can he be 16?
I love milestone birthdays, especially when I’m not the one getting older.
My grandson Cohen turned Sweet 16 on Thanksgiving Day, which doesn’t seem even slightly possible. I’m sure it seems …
Losing Louise
This Thanksgiving week has been filled with a heart-tugging mix of sadness and gratitude. At the peak of the sorrow this week for me is the death of my friend …
But will it play in Harrisburg?
New York City! I have a long history with NYC – mostly childhood dreams of living there as an adult.
Living there hasn’t happened nor has working for the New York …
I’m cold
I left Knoxville on Oct. 29, headed for warmer weather.
Knoxville was still in the transition stage, even for a cold-blooded human like me. The early-morning temperature the day I left …