Now admit it, isn’t this the cutest picture you’ve ever seen of me with cow bladders drying over my head?   Let me just say, I loved biology class, so this story didn’t bother me in the least. I also love the pageantry and tradition ...

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I promised earlier I’d show you my updated office. Here it is when we moved in this past summer and it was painted apple green. Now, I happen to like apple green, so if you have a house painted this color, please know I think ...

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Not to bore you out of your gourd with more book things, but this is such a crazy learning experience for me and I have such good news!  Writing a book is totally different from marketing and selling a book. A publisher only does so ...

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I’m starting to gear up mentally and otherwise for sending my youngest off to college next fall, so I’ve been thinking about when we dropped our oldest off (wasn’t it just last week?). We were truly shocked to learn other parents were hanging around the ...

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No, not my book (this time), but another book I’ve been enjoying by a wonderfully sweet columnist,  is, “Mark My Words” by Ronda Rich. Gathering her best columns she wrote about her late mother, Ronda has elevated the spirited maternal character to new heights by ...

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Who would have thought the home of Scarlett O’Hara would give us the best-tasting collard greens ever . . . courtesy of a Mexican restaurant?I hate to admit it, but I haven't always like collard greens. They were always too slimy or too bitter. I ...

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