Goodbye Christmas, Hello Spring!

March 12, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

My husband just brought it to my attention that I still have remnants of Christmas all over the downstairs living areas. Wow! I’d gotten so used to them being there and they fit in with the décor so well that they’d grown on me. (Love those bowls of ornaments and the silver ornaments around the […]

Some of My Favorite Southern Expressions

March 6, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

My great grandma’s name was Edna, but everybody called her Miss Sweet. She was known mainly for her skills in the kitchen. The woman could fix anything. She used only fresh ingredients and we went to market almost everyday. When my sister and I walked a’piece, to “town” with Mama Sweet, we wore our sun […]

Take This Leadership! I Don’t Want It Anymore!

February 8, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

I chose the title because I see too many leaders who haven’t been trained for leadership and they’re just about ready to give up. They had visions of leading their companies, departments, schools, or organizations to great heights. Unfortunately, their people didn’t embrace them, get behind them and follow. Consequently nothing was accomplished. One misconception […]

Putting a Late Cap on 2018

January 15, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

“Six degrees of separation is the idea that all living things and everything else in the world are six or fewer steps away from each other so that a chain of “a friend of a friend” statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps.”—Wikipedia Last year held some memorable […]

Facebook is Making Me Petty

January 10, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

The prompt word for the day is—Petty. I shouldn’t share this but I will. Yesterday was my birthday. I’d gone for years—waaay before Facebook—receiving two or three birthday cards in the mail, a handful of phone calls, and my husband and the girls for birthday love. However, with Facebook and my 500+ new friends, I’ve […]