Some of My Favorite Southern Expressions

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, mostly purchased daily. When my sister and I walked a’piece, to “town” with Mama Sweet, we wore our straw bonnets and carried our […]

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Add Glitter To Old Stories

  It’s time to go back and revisit those old short stories and novels you wrote years ago and tucked away. Did you print them as hard copies, stick them in an envelope, and place them on the back of the shelf? Or, did you remove them from your hard drive and place them on […]

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A Writer in the Garden

Out in the fresh air, working on this project, opened my mind and allowed me to come up with new ideas. It brought much needed focus to my scattered writer’s thoughts.

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A Stroke of Technological Good Luck

A wonderful thing happened to me yesterday. I returned a 15 inch, three-month-old Apple MacBook Pro and received the newly released 16 inch MacBook Pro for no extra money. Last night I watched YouTube reviews of the 15 inch versus 16 inch, and based on the reviewers’ reports, I got a good deal! CJKnowsTECH, a […]

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