A Woman of Her Words

WHAT IT WAS . . . Don’t you just sometimes flat out miss Andy Griffith? I do. I miss him even though his reruns are on television all...

For All The Guys I Loved Before—Loved Enough to Follow It is overcast here in my part of Georgia today. The gray winter really gets to...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 20-20 . . . I Can See Clearly Now Well, here it is, we are approaching the end of January 2020 and yet another year...

They’re Here . . . Do you remember that line from Poltergeist when the little girl in the family announced the arrival of some really bad...

Not SKIPPING Christmas, Just SHRINKING It! A while back one of my favorite authors (John Grisham) wrote a wonderful book, Skipping...

Angels Unaware No More I was at church the other night, doing what I do each year, ending the Thanksgiving whirl and officially kicking...

Happy Turkey Day to Everyone! I hope this Thanksgiving finds you all well and ready for the big meal. Here in the South it is an...

Bromance on the High Seas and Elsewhere According to Wikiipedia a “ bromance” is defined this way: “A bromance is a close but non-sexual...

It is Veterans Day . . . . . . And I have spent the day so far doing what you would imagine--watching the movie, "The Best Years of Our...

Southern Ways “Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between.” I have always loved that quote...

Autumnal Advice Fall is always a busy time of year for everyone, and this one has been no exception here in my house. All families face...

“GaGa-isms” -- Words to Live By A while back I decided to write down my collective hints for a happy life for my granddaughter. ...

Over There, Over There! On rainy days here in Georgia when I was growing up, I found myself stuck in the house. But I had a great...

The Ruby Red Clippers It was an ill wind that blew through Oz that day, as if Almira Gulch had transformed into The Wicked Witch of the...

Warning: This blog post may not be relevant for readers under age 50 or so. The impact of the content could cause permanent damage by...

Baubles For Sale Did you ever buy something for yourself, something essentially useless, and then feel bad that you had squandered a few...

In The Wee Small . . . “In the wee small hours of the morning While the whole wide world is fast asleep You lie awake and think about the...

A Perfect Summer Day I found a quote once that I love: “A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds...

Silence Can Be Golden I know this is a Tuesday as I write this, but I want to talk about Sunday. As I start to record my thoughts today...

“The smoke and the fire and the speed, the action and the sound, and everything that goes together, [the steam engine] is the most...