Good neighbors are super!

One thing I learned early in life is that it is a blessing to have good neighbors.  My childhood was spent in a suburb of Knoxville, Tennessee.  Known as “Fountain City,” it was annexed by the larger municipality during my early elementary school years.  My family...

Start with a good breakfast

Even though my last column was published the day after Christmas, I wrote it before the holiday.  Now that our celebration is over, I can relate details of how I spent my time with family. There was a splendid sunrise on Christmas morning.  If it had not been for...

2020 Vision

The day after.  Have you ever thought about what it is like to be the morning following a highly-anticipated holiday?  The celebration that we eagerly awaited is now past tense.  The presents are unwrapped, the stockings no longer bulge with goodies, and the...

Nuts about Christmas Cookies

I think I have been way too busy lately.  When I haven’t been going somewhere, I have been preparing to go somewhere.  (We won’t talk about the morning I spent in the dentist’s office getting crowns on a couple of teeth.)    I readied a craft...

A Sweet Christmas

Through the years, I have witnessed many reactions when I inform people that I am allergic to chocolate.  I would say that the most common one is horror, followed by pity.  If I had a dollar for every time someone remarked, “You poor thing!” I would be a rich woman. ...