Honey, About Those Greeting Cards

October 12, 2010

After gathering years worth of greeting cards sent between my husband and myself, during this Fall Overhaul of mine, I decided it was time to write a letter to my Sweet Spousal Unit! Dear Sugarfoot (I know you hate it when I call you that in public), We have to talk about this greeting card [...]

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A Bag Lady Again

April 6, 2010

Some projects are more exciting just to think about. That’s what I discovered when I decided to crochet a grocery bag out of plastic bags! It seemed like a delicious irony to use up all those plastic bags. I said I was going to do it … pronounced it in public … so I had [...]

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Just Hanging — Clothes

March 8, 2010

Do y’all remember hanging out clothes when you were a little kid? That was one of the chores I learned to do as soon as I was tall enough to reach the clothes line. If I close my eyes, I can smell the damp freshness of the linen sheets (yes, we had real linens) and [...]

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Am I Doomed To Trash This Project?

February 22, 2010

I forgot my shopping bags when I went on my shopping spree to “BigLots!” They spell it with that exclamation at the end, but don’t get excited if you have never been there. As my Papaw would say, “It ain’t much.” My mission had been to buy washcloths so I could be a Green Goddess [...]

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Resurrected Rye

April 9, 2009

My name is Shelly, and I am a grateful, recovering Culinary Snob. The squirrel isn’t too happy about my recovery, though. That’s because it means that he isn’t going to get that hunk of rye bread that got “burned” in the freezer! “Culinary snob … what in thunder?” you ask. Well, ordinarily I would chunk [...]

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Old Christmas

December 14, 2008

A friend of mine grew up in the Appalachian mountains, which in those days was pretty isolated from the rest of the country. She told me that they always celebrated what she called “Old Christmas.” They didn’t decorate the tree until Christmas Day. Unlike the rest of the families I knew, who tore into their [...]

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A Penny For Your Thoughts

October 7, 2008

When was the last time that you bent down and picked up a penny that you saw on the ground? Me? If I see a coin at my feet, I’m on it like a duck on a June bug. A penny that is heads up is supposed to be lucky, but I don’t care if [...]

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Mamaw Didn’t Make Bread Pudding With A Hacksaw

August 26, 2008

I forgot my fancy bread! It sat on the cabinet and petrified. Dang! It’s another one of those “don’t you just hate it when” moments. I go to the grocery store with a list (just like Susie J tells me to do), but when I get near the bread, the aroma overwhelms me and I [...]

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Take An Elder Friend To Lunch

March 26, 2008

While preparing a meal for my Sweet Spousal Unit and myself, I started pondering the cost of our repast. It included fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, and real meat (not bacon!). I almost had a heart attack at the price of those vegetables! The meat price was through the roof! I realized we almost could have [...]

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Until Lincoln Turns Blue

January 12, 2007

I’m looking at the fragile remains of a ration book and ration stamps that my great-grandmother Dolpha Rhea Robertson Armour had during the WWII. I’m pondering about why a group called “The Compactors” have made such a stir in the news. Have you heard about them? A group of people in San Francisco got together [...]

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