Last September I completely went against my beloved Southern heritage and took an uncharacteristically strong-ish stand against the state of Southern Living magazine, and truth be told I felt a little guilty about taking SL to task. I have loved that magazine since I was about twelve years old, and in retrospect I think that [...]
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Judy just sent me a link to a story called “Left Brain Grocery List,” and I have sat here and HOWLED while I’ve listened. It reminds me so much of the stories my mama, my aunt and the other women in our family would tell after Sunday lunches when I was growing up. In other [...]
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I am a person with a widely varied and seemingly unending array of annoying qualities: I talk way too fast, I finish other people’s sentences, I let clean laundry remain unfolded for days on end, I repeat myself, I’m moody, I repeat myself, I procrastinate, I’m great at starting things but not finishing them, etc. [...]
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When Alex and I walked in Mama and Daddy’s back door last Friday afternoon, I immediately knew that spiced tea was on the stove. The house smelled like Everything Fall, and it made me want to crawl under a blanket and watch college football and drink spiced tea for the next sweet forever. Mama was [...]
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A few weeks ago D and Alex made a trip to Mississippi without me. At some point while they were there D and Mama determined that a supper of fried catfish was in order, and as a result of that decision Alex made his inaugural trip to the fish camp. Quite frankly I was a [...]
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The last time I was at Mama and Daddy’s house, the Bulldogs played a road game at Auburn and won. This morning I decided to stay a little longer at Mama and Daddy’s than I originally planned. The Bulldogs played a road game at Kentucky. And won. I now have no choice but to come [...]
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