An Almost Southern Way of Life Blog & Art Showcase
Mississippi students just started back to school, but I still consider August to be summer. Temps have dipped into the 60s a few nights here lately, but that’s not fall, y’all. A few months ago, I decided to enroll in an online drawing course by Ian Roberts. He’s an artist…
Charging down the hallway, one little fellow excitedly volunteered his assessment of our Treasure Hunt: “It’s better than a video game!” Our Bible Quiz season is coming to a climax with State Finals this Saturday, an event that will determine if we continue quizzing until Nationals in Branson the middle…
In addition to his regular job, Hubby is a speaker for several companies. Coincidentally, he had talks scheduled at various places around Mississippi from the end of March through the first couple weeks of April. I decided to go with him just for fun on a “Tour de Mississippi.” First…
It’s been about a month since I posted on the blog. It was about that time when a little furry critter “chose” me and Hubby to be her family. Now I have difficulty typing without little polydactyl paws calmly crunching keyboard keys as she gets between me and the screen…
So much has happened since my November 28 blog post, in which I described our new Sunday School that was opened September 30! My goal is to blog about each major event in the coming weeks. New Year’s Day shone brightly as Lowes delivered a new half-sized refrigerator to my house.…
“Baby Girl” has had a low platelet count all her life, and her primary care physician decided about two years ago to try to figure out why. She’s given tons of blood samples since then and was diagnosed by a local hematologist as having Von Willebrand’s disease. This summer, we…
The day following my special birthday dinner by Chef Justin Ward, Hubby and I hosted a bread making class with our Chef and his special flour. Justin has grown in notoriety in the US the past few years with his research on the differences in flour made from wheat grown…
Years ago, I witnessed a “formal” interview between my 4-year-old nephew and his father on that child’s birthday. It went a little like this: My brother-in-law: “What’s your favorite color?” My nephew: “Ummmm. Bwue.” BIL: “What’s your favorite food?” Nephew (shouting): “ICE CREAM!!!!” My BIL asked many additional questions of…
As you know, good, close families sometimes spread out geographically as siblings and then the children of siblings find their own career paths, have families of their own, and sound the siren call for grandparents (the original siblings of a family) to follow. The weekend after we returned home from…
Happy 4th of July a day late! It seems like family gatherings happen somewhat spontaneously at my house these days. My mom missed out on some prime time with her grands. We didn’t know a few weeks ago who all would be coming to town for the 4th, and she made plans…