Minecraft has come back into my life, thanks to my 6-year-old grandson, King.
It has been a while. My last experience with the video game experience was one of both awe …
What are you doing for Lent?
Conversations this week in my circle of friends have usually included naming what he or she is “giving up for Lent.” The Lent season started last week on Feb. 17, …
Lament for snow days
I remember the spring of 1977 after graduating from the University of Tennessee the year before. I was a full-fledged member of the Knoxville News-Sentinel Women’s Department, writing wedding, engagement …
Video chats gone wild
The dragon on my head always brings peals of laughter from my Nashville grandson, King, especially when I open my mouth, and the dragon breathes fire down my neck.
Grandson Gardner …
Grumpy in the seventh-inning stretch
Stupid groundhog.
I mean really. Would it have hurt him to just blink a little and say, “Naw, that’s not my shadow. Spring is on the way!”
Truthfully, I know I’m in …
Fewer people adds a lot of magic at Disney World
For years I struggled with putting a trip to Walt Disney World on my “must do” list.
That’s a very strange reaction to the “happiest place on earth” from someone who …
Feeling a whole lot ‘country’
One of the “oldies” of country music I love is “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool.” Back when it was a hit, I could identify with most every sentiment …
Wanted: Post-Christmas sleigh and reindeer
I am having a little trouble with Christmas Magic.
Actually, the problem is keeping the Christmas Magic I promote and try to create from my grandchildren (and anyone else who comes …