Snowspiration
When the muse strikes, I'm compelled to write poetry; try as I might, I cannot ignore it when it does, nor conjure it automagically. So, when the iron is hot? I strike. When unexpected snow began accumulating, so did a niggling insistence...
It started with snow. It ended with chocolate & womb cravings.
Mention "snow" down South and it's the people who start flurrying. Most of the time it's more about puppet-master weathermen jerking our strings and engineering frenzied trips to the Publix, and you'll have a hard time convincing me...
Song of the South
I love being from the South. I feel sorry for people who, by virtue of birth, don't share this clear geographical advantage. I feel sorrier for the people who feel sorry for me for thinking it's something special to have been born in the...
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Share a random moment ~ Blissdom Prayer & Coffeetime
LOCATION!!! The (in)courage Suite 5139, Cascades. Pls pick up coffee on the way, Cokes & water available :). 7:45 am I'll be honest: once I clicked "publish" on this post, I had that moment of fear it was a silly idea and...
Easy Chicken & Dumplings
One of my new year-initiated goals is to make one recipe from Southern Living each month; while I'm hopeful to incorporate more, this is something measurable, doable and serves my entire family. Literally :). January's issue is FULL of yummy choices...
Passion, people and patsy-flavored icing
Over a five-hour dinner at Franklin, Tennessee's scrumptious Saffire, time flew so fast I never noticed it ticking. Compassion International's Creative Relationship Director Steve Jones was in town on business and pleasure, and he thought it would be...
Our best selves squirt out when life squeezes hard
In the days since I last spoke in this space, it hasn't been quiet. Inside, my body was attacked by an ugly Creature wreaking intestinal mischief and l was left by the proverbial roadside tired and "less than"……but not near as less...
Why you should watch Julie & Julia if you haven’t already seen it
In Julie & Julia … Meryl Streep delivers an engaging, statuesque, delicious performance in her lead role as Julia Child; her Golden Globe win affirms what we already know (and knocks on Oscar's door) It's a movie, at the end of the day, that...