The University of Mississippi is known for its fraternity life but I want to write not about Chi Psi at Ole Miss but about men at...
The pastor asked how many people remembered Chuck Yeager. Almost everyone raised a hand because I was in a congregation of older folks. Actually, I recall...
In doing some much-needed cleaning out of old boxes, I found a piece I had written when my daughter Meredith was in college. I think the...
There were 22 of us first cousins on my mother’s side, almost all of them living on farms in Mississippi when I was growing up. Summer...
Recently I read in the Ole Miss Alumni Review that the University has plans for a multimillion-dollar baseball project. That reminded me of a recent trip...
As a snowbird, sitting in warm, sunny Venice, Florida, sipping my tea, I checked out photos in the Herald-Tribune of the attendees at a Valentine’s Day...
As I passed a line of newspaper boxes, my eyes landed on one for the Boca Beacon, the paper for Gasparilla Island (Boca Grande). Since Ken...
When the holiday seasons were upon us, I decided to make some sweets for refreshments after a Christmas cantata at our church. I tried a new...
Big families are wonderful unless you, as a graduate of Ole Miss, have cousins who are extremely loyal LSU or Arkansas alum. I was busy yelling...
It’s not even near Halloween or Thanksgiving and for weeks we’ve seen pumpkin themes everywhere. Dunkin’ Donuts is pushing hot or iced pumpkin macchiato. Of course,...