Hello, Gorgeous. So you’re back, are you? Yes, here you are, in all your tempting ruby glory. I can’t get enough of you, and I don’t care who knows it. There are those who may say (sing it, Andy Williams) that the year-end holidays are the most wonderful time of the year. Perhaps that’s true, […]
Editor’s note: This week G-ma welcomes a guest writer. She’s our beloved sister, and we’ll call her G-aunt here. Enjoy G-aunt’s reflections on how deftly small children put us in our places and teach us what only they can. He’s named for his dad, looks like his mom, and acts like — himself. My grandson […]
I don’t think I could have done it. Not then, not so soon. It would have been too painful to say the word “hope” just days after our community joined hundreds of others across America, paralyzed and grief-stricken. As we have watched in so many other cities and towns nationwide, a deranged, gun-laden shooter blasted […]
January, I defy you. Your dank, slate-shadowed days are but a passing blip, barely worthy of acknowledgement. February, I see you lurking there in the shadows, ready to smother us with your utmost: Your truncated days when gray blankets the drizzly world down into the marrow of your bones and the golden touch of sunshine […]
Picture this: The next day, there were cookie sprinkles in my bed. You really can’t make this stuff up. How did the little multi-colored devils make their way from the kitchen? Certainly not because I was eating in bed; I was too exhausted by that time to even open my mouth, much less chew. Most […]
Made a few notes for next time after hosting Thanksgiving for the family. Things I Forgot For Thanksgiving Dinner Graham crackers for the smores. Oh, yes, we had the snazzy outdoor firepit, acquired in hopes of extending the space for the crowd out onto the back porch, a welcome dose of fresh air and crackling […]
Thinking about your Thanksgiving toasts? Making a list of all the things you’re grateful for? I’m adding new entries this year, a cadre of stalwarts who deserve way more credit than they likely ever get. Friends, I give you the Grocery Workers on Thanksgiving Week. Will you join me in raising a glass? Here’s to […]
It happened again the other day, at it has so many times in the last few months. And it will happen again, I have grown to accept, until, well, until it finally doesn’t. I reached for my phone, an instinct rooted in countless repetitions across my life, to call my mother. She’ll know the answer, […]
Desperate times call for…well, you know the line. If you’ve ever been on a road trip with two near-adolescent siblings in a phase of constant bickering, you may know a level of desperation that staggers the imagination. About two hours into a three-hour summer drive to visit family in central Kentucky with grandkids Buddy and […]
Fame was so close to my grasp. I could smell it. I could taste it. Nah, not that kind of fame. You’ll never catch me dancing on TikTok or “influencing” millions with culinary wizardry or cat videos. My shot at glory seemed much closer to my grasp, and certainly more age-appropriate. I longed to be […]