On this date in 1907, Vera Owen Bridges was born. She would become a mother 21 years later. Many, many years after that, she would become a great-grandmother. My great-grandmother. All my memories portray her as an…
D-Squared T-Squared – Week 3
This week’s Drunk Dial Think Tank creation (explained here) was food. I love food! I mean – I really, really, really love food! Anyhoo, Mister and I wanted to see if we could create his Grandma Sophie’s…
Being Good Enough and a “Be the Buffalo” Giveaway!
“…If you’re not enough without one, you’ll never be enough with one.” John Candy as “Irving Blitzer,” on Gold Medals Cool Runnings – 1993 It’s November. The very thought of that may send some folks running for…
“Any Minute Now”
This month’s free mp3 download from Love & Honesty is “Any Minute Now.” How do I begin? How do I write a post at the New Year’s start, a post about a life’s end? I guess the…
Party – Georgia-Style
After yesterday’s shall we say – heavy post – I’d like to lighten the mood. With that in mind, I send my very bestest vibes to my cuzzins in Georgia. They’re gathering for a gi-normous party…
70 Years Ago Today…
70 years ago today, this handsome devil was born. He’s seen the world and then some. He’s a son, a husband, a father, a friend. I’m happy to know him and I’m happy to wish him…
Family Wedding – The Big Day!
After a smooth rehearsal, after a 2-year engagement, after wishin’ and hopin’ and thinkin’ and prayin’ – Shady and Susie were married. It was a beautiful, traditional wedding. The gorgeous chapel was only upstaged by the bride,…
Family Wedding – Rehearsal
Big goings-on here lately. A family wedding took place last weekend and it was some to-do, I tell ya. As it was in an actual church, there was some concern on my part over whether or not I…