You know, in my last post, I kept it real. Despite the fact that in general, in life, I usually exercise better judgment, today, I’m staying with the theme: I’m keeping it stupid. And being the fashion maven that I am (not), I thought I’d mention that the morning after I posted that I FINALLY got …
In the interests of keeping it real, there are some things about myself I feel I must share. I got my hair highlighted yesterday. The stylist uses foils. The gray is coming in thicker and thicker, and pretty soon, I’m going to have to color the whole mop, because highlighting alone will not be enough. …
My little girl can get overlooked in crowd of kids where her brother hangs. She’s sweet as she can be, but much more retiring than her brother. In truth, she’s witty and warm, as well as being sugar and spice and all things nice. But this summer, she decided she wanted to enter the talent …
Harley Allen performing at the Station Inn, world-renowned bluegrass dive.Image from here. When I went to the Bluegrass Fan Fest/Alison Krauss concert on Saturday night, they held a tribute to a recently deceased songwriter/singer/musician named Harley Allen. He had an extremely successful career as a songwriter. He wrote songs for Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Blake …
No, this post is not about me losing weight, more’s the pity. Image from here. My friend Anne’s shoulders are sprinkled with Golden Pixie Dust. Well, OK, they’re not, really. But she wins contests wherever she goes! Nearly every time I call her she is telling me about the latest giveaway she won. (And it …
Deb Paquette teaching at “Salud!” Cooking School I had a dream come true last Tuesday night: I got to watch Deb Paquette cook my dinner, and talk with her the whole time. For those of you who are not local to Nashville, Deb owned and operated my very favorite local restaurant, Zola, until a couple …
Absolutely phenomenal. The Big Bison captured this moment with his camera. Wish we could have bottled the whole evening! Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas performed at Bluegrass Fan Fest on Saturday, October 1st. I just happened to be there. And here’s how THAT happened. We got a call from a dear friend …
Ready to sink or swim? You decide. My little baby boy went with his Daddy yesterday to look at a college he is thinking he might want to attend next year. Wow. Mama’s had a little wake up call. As in, I think I’ve again been caught enjoying another one of my lovely sojourns in …
My friend Gary, from Gary’s third pottery blog posted a letter he wrote to his cat, Spike, yesterday. It moved me to tears. Yup. A simple letter to a beloved pet moved me to tears, because I’m sappy that way. His premise for this writing exercise was asking his readers who they might write a letter …
When I was a little girl, I was a World Champion Giggler. I could giggle with the best of them. I could out-giggle the rest of them. My siblings, who ranged from five to eight years older than me, would start tickling me, until they got me to Def-Con 3 which would usually elicit my …
Yesterday, I read a good blog post entitled, The Best Time I Didn’t Sit Next to Harrison Ford. The premise of the article was that the author, who lives in Malibu, had arrived early to a play to see a friend’s son perform, and had saved several seats for her friends. I’m familiar with the mentality …
My son, the guitar player. Me, 32 years ago. (Some of you are not even that OLD yet!) My son is on the right. I am not the mother of Justin Vernon. A friend of mine posted that old picture of me on Facebook last night, and while looking at myself, I saw my SON. …
It ain’t much, but it’s a little something. A little change for my blog. Last night I was checking out some local-to-me food blogs, and I noticed one on Blogger that had a “Print Friendly” button at the end of her post. I’d been looking for a gadget like that for my recipe posts, and …
My son is a senior in high school. Wow. Before you know it, he’ll be movin’ on down the line. I bet I’m not the only Mom of a high school senior sitting here scratching her head, wondering how in the world THIS happened! I’ve been living in denial in quite a while, and while …
Do you see what I see? Look carefully at this photo my dear husband shot of beautiful downtown Nashville. They’re he-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-re. Doesn’t it kind of look like the aliens have landed? It’s just the Bridgestone Arena. Kinda cool, huh? I love the juxtaposition of the old and the new, the rural and the urban, temples …