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 …
Summertime, and the living is academic
The earliest start date in the history of Knox County Schools – which was Aug. 5 for students – has ignited the annual back-to-school-too-early cry of many and brought bouts …
Figuring out life in a flash
When I was a little girl, I wanted to be Wonder Woman. A passionate comic book reader who preferred superheroes over Archie, I thought Wonder Woman was way cooler than …
Restless to go
The restlessness has descended. And, unfortunately, it’s early.
Many friends will tell you that I’m “always” restless, and I would probably be hard-put to argue the point. It’s not entirely true, …
Walkers and women
Vanity, thy name is Sherri.
Shakespeare never wrote that, but then he didn’t write that vanity’s name is “woman” either. He wrote, in “Hamlet,” “Frailty, thy name is woman,” a response …