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Book Review: The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
I read “Sutton” by J.R. Moehringer a while back. It was one of those books that just showed up in my house one day and knocked around until I read…
Read MorePinterest: do you love it or hate it? On the one hand. I don’t really like Pinterest very much. It is full of recipe and craft ideas that seem specifically…
Read MoreThe Death of Southern Gentlemen
Seven million years ago, when I was learning how to drive, I asked my father how to check the oil in my car. Checking the oil was something I’d seen…
Read MoreJohannes Cabal The Necromancer, by Jonathan L. Howard
BOOK REVIEW: Johannes Cabal The Necromancer, by Jonathan L. Howard The Necromancer is a book like no other. It sort of defies description. It has elements of Faust, and Neil…
Read MoreThe Flood
We had been shopping at the Outlet Mall earlier in the day, and my unsupervised husband, Mike, found himself alone in American Eagle ™. Apparently he forgot that he is…
Read MoreI Forgot
I tried to slip one of my daughter’s teachers a twenty dollar bill the other day, but she wouldn’t take it. I think she just felt hinky taking unexpected cash…
Read MorePuddin’ — Speaking Southern
I love the way my friend Diane says the word “pudding.” She says “PUHHHHHHHHH-din,” with the “puh” drawn out for three whole seconds and the “din” just a little flip…
Read MoreChaperoning for Dummies — Part Two
Last week, I wrote about chaperoning a middle school band festival and finding ourselves in the kind of hotel you’d expect to see chalk outlines in. Click here to read…
Read MoreChaperoning for Dummies — Part One
I am chaperoning a Middle School Band festival. Yes, I know. Living the dream. Seriously, it is a thing I am happy to do, and I took off a day…
Read MoreOh Christmas Tree
Being Jewish, I do not celebrate Christmas with my family. That said, living in the sub-suburban Georgia, it is entirely impossible for me not to celebrate the Christmas holiday season…
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