JAMIE DENTY

A Confederate Rose blossom opens white, turns pink, then red before dropping from the bush. Strains of Hawaiian music filled the night...

The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a...

Over the years, I have been given a variety of tote bags, those canvas carryalls that we seem to subconsciously collect. They’re much too...

Hectic is...caring for a child recuperating from a bout of chicken pox, expecting the second child to break out any time now, and...

On our last trip to Texas, a friend served coconut cake, one of my favorites. When I asked for her recipe, she, with a sparkle in her...

Children When I was a little girl, I loved to color almost as much as I loved to read. I could always count on one gift that I would...

In Elizabeth Berg’s short story, “Take this Quiz,” the character Jack says, “I’ll tell you something, Ursula. I never saw much point in...

About this time last year, Better Homes and Gardens Magazine ran a photo of a single sprig, banded with multiple clusters of purple...

Mid-August, both the United States Senate and over 350 newspapers affirm that “the press is NOT the enemy of the people.” This week of...

We traveled by ferry to France, not to the country in Europe, but rather to the French owned archipelago of several isles off the coast...

Just now, when there’s the faintest hint of fall in the air, when the shadows grow taller and the day seems a bit shorter, fishermen have...

I’m just thinking of all the places we have too much duct tape in our lives. Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of “Splendid Table” on National...

Years ago, we were invited to a "black hat" party out of town. I knew that black tie attire was very formal, but I had never heard of...

We used to have a framework for handling situations where we deemed we were being messed with. It was called Good Manners. Good Manners...

Shoes came first. As he grew from baby to toddler, he began to realize that his mouth could do more than just cry and eat. Saying words...

A redbird lit on the edge of a concrete birdbath. For the longest time, he Just sat there looking at the water in this communal pool for...

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. ~John Dewey, educational reformer. Ken Burns has declared that National...

I wrapped the periwinkle tightly around the base of the mums like a ribbon...Would she react to the wild bouquet of mums and periwinkle,...

“Supper’s ready!” is the call. “Wait-a-minute!” the reply. “Clean your room!” “Wait-a-minute!” “Telephone’s for you” “Wait-a-minute!”...

Although Shakespeare originated the phrase, “Salad Days,” to mean “youthful time - accompanied by inexperience, enthusiasm, idealism and...