JAMIE DENTY

The Queen Mum of England celebrated her 100th birthday this month. In all the televised scenes of the various parties in her honor, she...

Dancing is like dreaming with your feet. Constanze Mozart, Austrian singer and wife to the composer Mozart. Soon-to-be-four, the...

Women instinctually know how to nourish each other, and just being with each other is restorative. Tanja Taljaard, dancer and author. One...

The morning dawned cooler than usual for a summer day in the South. A gentle breeze blew across West Point Lake on the Georgia-Alabama...

The blossoms are scattering off the crape myrtles every time the wind blows, falling like hot pink confetti. Gin Phillips author of The...

We all like symbols, those concrete objects representing abstract ideas. Perhaps our country’s newest symbol will be the “Survivor Tree”...

Are you aware of how many love songs have already been written? And have you listened to all the new ones composed just this year. And...

(If you look closely, you can see a hummingbird on the right of the feeder.) Since childhood, I’ve watched the same movies and read the...

Not long ago, I overheard a grandfather tell an adult grandson who was driving across the state, “Don’t turn up the radio so loud that...

I can't stand recipes that don't have background. Yotam Ottolenghi, Israeli/English chef and restaurateur, London. I, too, like a story...

I advise you to read this book, then wait for awhile and then read it again. For while it may not be Narnia, there is magic in it....

Mother! Mother! Look at me! I’m graduating! Can’t you see? Yes my son, I see you dressed in a long white robe, mortar board, tassel and...

She smelled of flour and flowers and sounded of soft whispers and firm reprimands. She read to her child every day and treated her with...

After months of suffering with numbness in her leg and pain in her back, the young mother underwent back surgery. The operation was...

One of my favorite writing lessons to teach was “A penny for your thoughts.” I gave each student a penny, then as a class we discussed...

Be still and know that I am God. Psalms 46:10. For years, Psalms 46:10 has comforted me, stilled me, wrapped me in a warm, comforting...

I needed more quiet in my life. The French art of flaneuring showed me the way. Erika Owen, author of The Art of Flaneuring: How to...

Easter celebrates the life of Jesus Christ before and after death. And the best way to celebrate His life is to heed His words. When a...

•Today, I stood at the window and watched a redbird dance on the porch handrail. I searched but I could not see a female anywhere. Still,...

The camellia is my favorite flower. I like gardenias and magnolias, too. But, I agree with Southern Living Magazine. “The azalea is the...