One of the most valuable lessons my mother taught me was buried in what later – much later than when Mom was saying it – became known as a sarcastic …
What’s your sleep number?
How much do you sleep each night?
I have always considered one of the blessings bestowed on me by the good-Lord-above to be an ability to exist on very little sleep.
For …
A lesson in filling up buckets
I will show my age today, again, but part of the joy of growing older is learning things from the little ones, so I’m OK with it. On a recent …
Waiting for Downton
I stood in line for a few midnight shows over my 65 years of loving movies. A few of the Star Wars movies got me out on a Thursday night …
42 years – and counting
On Tuesday, my husband, Neville, and I celebrated the fact that 42 years ago, we got married. I am proud of our years as husband and wife and, the Good …
A little – very little – beach philosophy
“Life’s a wave. Catch it.”
I spent five days last week at Orange Beach, Ala. It was a surprise suggestion from my sweet husband, who felt my summer had not gone …
Feast for the goats
A party of 40 showed up for lunch and dinner at Cedar Bluff Aubrey’s restaurant on Middlebrook Pike every day for 10 days.
They actually came for breakfast, too, so it’s …
Shoulder to cry on
I often have trouble being a caring friend.
There. I’ve said it. I love my friends so much and get so much out of my relationships with them, but it is …