By Adrienne McGee Sterrett So, I flipped my lid recently. I looked a little (a lot) crazy. What was so terrible that inspired this? Packing for a trip. I should have learned by experience that this is a stressful time and is not to be left to the last minute. But, no. I completely focused […]
Remembering family vacations Column by by Kay Frances Summer is upon us and the nation’s highways are bulging with travelers. It reminds me of my own childhood and those long, LONG family vacations. We traveled by “station wagon” which was a cross between a mini-van and a hearse. My siblings and I didn’t have much […]
Column by Kay Frances One of my favorite things to do is to peruse department store clearance racks. If I can get a $100 vest for $1.98, I consider it a major victory in the ongoing battle of Woman vs. Retail. We all have ideas of what is “perfect” for us. For guys it might […]
Column by Kay Frances Aunt Kay’s Off-the-Charts Crazy-Good Heavenly Egg Salad © Note: I gave my nieces this recipe for my egg salad. No, they didn’t ask for it. You didn’t either, yet here it is: my recipe, exactly as I wrote it for them. 6 boiled eggs. (I recommend taking the shells off). Seriously. […]
But what is the answer? Column by Kay Frances We are told from an early age not to lie. Mostly, we hear this from our parents who then proceed to roll out a steady diet of absolute falsehoods: Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. “This will hurt me as much as it […]
Column by Adrienne McGee Sterrett Lists. I like them. They’re an orderly way to organize my thoughts on any given subject. There is something about old-school pen to paper that gets my brain’s gears going. Or slowed down appropriately. If I’m honest, my mind can be both slow to start and rev too high occasionally. […]
By Kay Frances I am a law-abiding, tax-paying citizen. OK, that’s half true; I do pay my taxes. And, for the most part, I try not to break the law. But, I have to admit that there is a little rebel inside of me that just gets tired of being told what to do. Let’s […]
By Lora Abernathy My grandma did all of the cooking in her house. The “Mary’s Kitchen” plaque in the shape of a frying pan that still hangs above the toaster was only a light-hearted warning, but a warning nonetheless. A few weeks after she died, I drove over to West Virginia to visit Grandpa. I […]
By Lora Abernathy Gary and I spent 13 years being dog parents. Three months after our last dog died, it became clear we had to do it again. Saying farewell to Bela our Great Dane, 12, and Boris our yellow Lab mix, 12, one year apart was crushing. They were “us” — our better half, […]
By Kay Frances “Young Mother Sewing,” by Mary Cassatt, oil, 1900 My parents had four children and they loved us. I’m just not sure they were “in love” with us. I know they felt a deep sense of responsibility in being sure they raised “good people” that would contribute to society, have a strong work […]