Tag: column
Where Did The Village Go?
Recently a friend asked for help with an elderly parent. She repeatedly said, “I owe you for this.” But the truth is that “I...
10 Truths About Mardi Gras
Every year, I see more and more people moving to the area from outside of the South. In true Southern fashion, I welcome y'all...
Love After Divorce: A Southern Girl’s Guide to Starting Over, Part...
I spent twenty years trying to stay married. Praying. Counseling. Compromising. Hoping. I fought like the dickens in the way that I knew how....
When It Snows at the Beach
We are a people conditioned to be skeptical over weather reports and other people’s cookin’. Our hurricane prep consists of waitin’ and seein’, in...
Hey Turkeys, It’s Time
Hey turkeys, it's time.
Memaw and the cousins are due to arrive in T-minus 15 hours and counting. You’re either elbow-deep in guts and gizzards...
Praise the Lord, pass the biscuits, and shove one down your...
Praise the Lord, pass the biscuits, and shove one down your throat!
There ya go, I just solved all your holiday problems in one fell...
Less Perfection, More Connection
This past week, I wanted to get together with a group of friends I hadn’t seen in a while. But I didn’t want to...
Weather Watchers
Mike’s had my eyes on the Tropics and my heart on the entire Gulf Coast this week.
Like the flute of the Mobile Leprechaun, weather...
Life in the In Between
For months now, I have been in what I would loosely call a fugue state. The pressures of daily life, the loss of a...
Storytellin’ and Swimmin’ Armadillos
I’m often asked how I write good stories. I know this, you can’t tell a good story without livin’ it first. In the South,...
