I’ve always been a wee bit jealous of those who love to read; because I don’t. For me, a nice…
After all, I’m a Southerner, like Mark Twain, and colorful expressions, like cursing and old idioms, are part of our language. It’s one of the reasons everyone wants to be a Southerner…’cause they like the way we talk.
I so wish the whole country could see Hamilton or hear the eulogy of George HW Bush so they too could be broadened and inspired by the telling of another person’s life.
Friday afternoon I receive a text that simply said, “Scott’s dead, heart attack.” I repeated out loud, “Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!” more times than I can remember. Still, it’s inadequate.
Doing what I say I am going to do is a soap box I’ve preached upon for years. Another soap box is saying “yes” to most things when asked.
Today was the last day I would kiss my dog, pet my dog, sleep with my dog… just be with my dog, forever.
People often ask me, “Between your work load and family obligations, how do you keep it up?” I never really…
. In preparation for the trip, I imagined hours of idle convalescing and thus packed myself homework: FlagandBanner.com income statements to compare and contrast, thank you notes to write, and the following week’s Up In Your Business guest’s bio to research. Boy was I wrong.
I’m getting my roots dyed (I mean colored) at the beauty parlor (I mean saaaaalon) when my hair dresser (I…
Being a practical business woman, I told ALL my children to skip college and use the money to buy a…
My son Matt married Sara Slimp this past week. The festivities began with Wednesday night’s bachelor party. Unlike the bachelor…
You know how you hear about some self-improvement workshop and, at the time, it sounds like a good idea, so…
My mother, Sara Krouse, passed away this week at the age of 94. She was a smart woman, my mentor,…
My mother watched sports, college sports that is. My father, not so much, because it upset him. So I saw…
Well, I’m jumping on the bandwagon along with everyone else. It’s the new year and time to set goals. My…
According to the calendar, November is the time to give thanks. According to Benedictine Monk, Brother David Steindl-Rast the way…
You don’t really start to know yourself till you get older. And maybe this is why most people say, “I…
An awesome Arkansan died this year, Dale Bumpers. After his death I watched his biography on AETN and realized how…
The Maslov Hierarchy. Often, vacations seem like more trouble than they’re worth: planning, packing, traveling, lines, crowds, security, debt, arggggg.…
I recently watched an AETN documentary about Lyndon B. Johnson (PBS LBJ from American Experience). Other than becoming President when Kennedy…