Something Old, Something New...
No, the something old, something new in this column did not evolve from a wedding. Instead, these two recipes represent situations many...
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Button Boxes
For adults, buttons are necessary amenities. Who ever thinks about a button unless it is missing. And then thoughts are only of a quick...
What Does the Message Say?
To this day, I dislike that all time favorite breakfast combination of cereal in milk. Bob will eat it for breakfast. Although our...
Stop the Presses! No Don't, Please!
I hate predictions, especially dire ones. I did a double take recently when I heard a group of technology gurus on a radio broadcast...
Some Mysteries We Will Never Solve
A solitary brown stalk, perhaps five feet tall, still stands straight in a concrete planter. How it came to be mystifies us. Years ago,...
On a Clear Day
We spent several days in the North Georgia Mountains during the Christmas holidays. While the seasons - spring, summer and autumn - color...
Do You Know the Velveteen Rabbit?
When our daughter, long an avid reader, was a teenager, one of her friends gave her a copy of The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams....
Where Were You? Where Are You?
On September 11, 2001, I was teaching an English class when another teacher knocked on my door and advised me to turn on the TV. We, the...
The Magic of Yeast...
Although seafood was the highlight of most of our meals in Newfoundland, I was equally impressed with the homemade breads. When we toured...
R.E.S.P.E.C.T., More than a Song...
Last year, I chanced to overhear a young man, obviously newly employed after graduating from college, talk with a friend. There was a...
Library in a Saddlebag
Pa, I have me a good job making us twenty- eight dollars a month delivering books to folks who’s needing the book learning in these...
Remember When...
The campground openly invited us to use deadfall for campfires. And the chill of an early spring night encouraged us to accept the...
As School Resumes...
When my mother was in the first grade, members of the Dallas Board of Education visited her classroom. Since she was the best reader in...
Do You ever Wonder about Those Whose Paths once Crossed Yours?
At a chance meeting with a former colleague, I repeated my saga about the tremendous outpouring I’ve received from so many former...
Mistakes Give Us Stories to Tell...
We all make mistakes. If we’re care free, we bound to make some doozies. However, if we take care in all that we do, weigh decisions from...
The Bookshelves Upstairs
“It was a pleasant little room, with three windows, north, west, and south, and bookshelves crowded with books and scientific...
Wear Moccasins to Climb the Stairs...
Have you ever walked up a set of stairs when you knew something was not quite right, but you didn’t know what? More than likely, that...
The Trip We Almost Didn't Take
Hawaii has long ranked near the bottom on our list of places to see. But, when longtime Texas friends, ten of them, invited us to join...
Be Patriotic - Know Your Sources...
High school English teachers, for ages, have taught their young charges how to research and how to write research papers. Regardless of...
The Ever Growing Crowd...
Potted amaryllis now planted in the yard. I was invited to join. It has bloomed! And I am grateful. Last Easter, I wrote a feature about...
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