Holiday
The United States of New Year’s Eve
Originally posted in 2017. After she covered her black eyed peas with water to soak overnight, Millie went outside to help her husband wrap the big ball of chicken wire with Christmas lights. Every year, the couple hosted the New Year’s Eve party at their farm just South of Montgomery, and at ten seconds ‘till…
Read MoreMagical Southern Dressing Recipe
This recipe is so strange – almost like a science experiment, but it will be the easiest, and most delicious dressing you’ve ever made. Your guests will love you. I’ve had stuffing in a turkey — once. That was enough for me to add another reason why I love living in the South. There’s nothing…
Read MoreThe attack of the thoughtless leprechaun
Feiciano was a college student from Florida A&M University who was one of the full-time aides in my public school Pre-K classroom. At the time, I thought he was a very grown up adult, but now that I’m the mom of young men that same age, I see what a fun-loving big kid he was.…
Read MoreOrganized or Obsessed? New year’s planning.
Speaking of the new year . . . here’s a photo of my neatly organized drawer of calendars from over the last few years. Okay — over the last 14 years to be exact. Snuggled in the drawer next to my hankies (see the Christmas hankie?), they sit, year after year, records of meetings, parties…
Read MorePalm Sunday
Palm Sunday is an exciting time in Christian churches around the world. It’s the start of Holy Week which leads into Easter. Children in our church, as well as many other churches, traditionally wave palm branches at the beginning of the service to signify the palm branches that were waved by the crowds, welcoming Jesus…
Read MoreSouthern Valentine
It’s not that Southern love is necessarily any better than other regions . . . we just have a different way of expressing it. “Gimme’ some sugar” isn’t about the white granular substance you buy in a bag at Piggly Wiggly. And of course, Rhett Butler had a way with words (swoon). (Thanks, Margret…
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