I have never "reblogged" one of my own posts before, but here I am, on the eve of Mother's Day, thinking I should write something about my mother, and I just ran across this post I wrote back in 2012. My mother is long dead; the women I write about here were still around at … Continue reading The Sisters’ Story
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Beating the Bah Humbugs
It's December 21, eighty degrees in Jackson, Mississippi. I'm finally getting into the Christmas spirit, even though the weather forecast is scary, almost nothing is wrapped, and I came very close to dropping the lovely chocolate pound cake I made this morning. It's a bit lopsided but okay and will go into the freezer to … Continue reading Beating the Bah Humbugs
Through the Woods and All That
When my husband and I went out this afternoon to run some errands, we realized we needed gas in the car. In the Kroger parking lot, cars were backed up and jockeying for spots at the pumps. My husband pulled around a line of cars to wait in another line, but when the truck at … Continue reading Through the Woods and All That