Long ago I learned not to EVER tell my mother I was bored. The consequences were a lot more chores than I cared to do and did nothing to relieve my childhood boredom. I used the same “solution” with my children years later....
Read MoreRibs. Pretty much the only thing on my mind the past five days is ribs. I wish it were the barbecued, fall-off-the-bone, good eating kind, but it’s the internal, protect my lungs kind that are on my mind. I was working...
Read MoreI have a lot of useless information in my head that seldom serves any practical purpose in my life. Like remembering all the lyrics to “Stewball” and the entire Eugene Field’s poem “Little Boy Blue.” I don’t know why some things...
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From the time I was just a wee girl, I liked to go places. My energy level – before I became a...
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My grandsons are keeping the tooth fairy busy these days! Youngest grandson Gardner lost his first...
Read MoreTired of winter before February even gets here? Start planning your Spring Break trip! If you read my writings fairly regularly, you know I am a North Carolina beach fan. Holden Beach is my favorite, although many of the reasons...
Read MoreMy grandson King turns 7 years old today. King is the son of my older son, Trey, and his wife, Kinsey. They are the “Nashville family” while my younger son, Brett, and his family – Olivia, Cohen and Gardner – are the “Seattle...
Read MoreSo how is that diet going? Yeah, mine, too. If I get ONE more email, flyer or letter about diet programs or fitness facilities, I’m calling the car warranty folks and giving them my direct line. I know that the beginning of a...
Read MoreCountry 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 to. Maybe it’s because I am a writer. Maybe it’s because I am still just a country...
Read MoreThe 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 a calendar year. Juneteenth joined the other 10 this...
Read MoreIn 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 to understand the whys and hows and, yes, the...
Read MoreOne 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 favorite things: writing and talking. And not just “talking,” but speaking...
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