i A twenty-fifth wedding anniversary is no small thing. And since it will only come around once in my life, and since a few of you asked to see the pictures we took on the evening of the event, I thought I’d share a few of those with you, as well as a few …
With apologies to Charles Dickens for downright thievery, and ultimately, the mutilation of his beautiful prose, I can sum up my adventure of a road trip in July, thusly: It was the best of times,it was the worst of times,but it didn’t stop just then.Then, it was the best of times,and the worst of times,and …
World’s Most Beautiful Wedding Song??? Seriously, Sooze? Perhaps you exaggerate? Just a touch? Well…since I was the bride, and my husband, the groom, was the man who WROTE the song for me? Absolutely not. I do NOT overstate my case. This IS the World’s Most Beautiful Wedding song. And it was sung 25 years ago, …
From the moment we eased our car down the driveway of the house that sat on the shore of Old Hickory Lake, and saw eleven white Labrador puppies lined up in a row, each standing on two legs with their paws resting on top of a short chicken wire fence, wagging their little tails at …
Deakie pinned his ears back when he was the most happy, and the most proud.Good boy, Deak. It is with a broken heart that I regretfully announce that Deacon D. Dawg left this life on Friday morning, while I was out of town, visiting with friends in Atlanta, and while the kids were out of …
I was talking lately with some moms of tweens, and a couple of them mentioned that they are kind of dreading the discussion that they’ll need to be having soon with their daughters, in regard to the changes that a girl’s body goes through at puberty. They were especially not looking forward to talking with …
Today, I have to share with you a tale of true independence. (We like what we like, and we’re not ashamed to admit it!!! A tail of capitalism as its finest. (So what if its a Chinese product? The American guys camping out in the fireworks tent for the holiday doubtless make their share!) When …
How did you learn about the facts of life?Do you remember? I’ll bet you do! And, if you’re a woman, who explained to you the wonderful way your body functions? Was it your Mom? Did someone explain it to you in a class at school? Or did a girlfriend give you the lowdown on the …
I have a dream, and I admit it: it’s a selfish dream. I want to listen to recorded books, in my kitchen, while I cook, without having either annoying earbuds in my ears, or needing to run to the living room to pause the family’s CD player when someone wants to talk to me. And …
In part one of this series, I told y’all I had the time of my life, twice, at Mangia Nashville, that Italian restaurant named Best Weekly Food Event in Nashville, where you, too, can experience your very own Big Night. We ate, we sang, we danced, we celebrated life! Perhaps some of you are wondering about the …
Experience your own Big Night with Chef Nick Pellegrino at Mangia Nashville. Mangia Nashville has been named Nashville’s Best Weekly Food Event by the The Nashville Scene. I’m going to pass over the fact that it might well be the ONLY Weekly Food Event in Nashville, in order to tell you that in my opinion, …
I’m telling this one on myself, just because I think I should. And the story reminds me of the good angel, and the bad angel, who used to sit on Fred Flintstone’s shoulders. Remember those? Last year in June, I was in Richmond, VA, with my dear friend Anne. She took me to the crème …
Yesterday I told you about Deacon D. Dawg’s Morning Dog Duties. And, of course, because I’m inwardly 13 years old when it comes to my sense of humor, I was irresistibly drawn to the thought that “duties” sounds like “doodies”. 😀 Well, today, I’d like to talk about Dog Duties, #2. 😀 Although, as irony …
Aren’t you glad I’m talking about Dog Duties, and not Dog Doodies? Me, too. Now that we’ve scooped that pun out of the way. let’s talk about morning dog duties out here in the woods. You’ve got a job. I’ve got a job. All God’s chilluns got jobs. Even my dogs have jobs, God love …
Neither rain, nor hail, nor life threatening breathing crisis will deter this good boy from his appointed rounds. He pins his ears back like that when he’s really, really happy. You know, down at the vet’s office, they’re all talking about him. Oh, yes, Deacon D. Dawg is the talk of the town: the “Miracle …