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Let's eat Grandma!

Today was a tale of a missing comma that wrecked all sorts of havoc. We do a charity golf tournament for United Way every October. This w...

What're You Reading?

Lest you think I'm wasting away in front of the television, I wanted to let you know that I am also voraciously reading in 2020. I picked...

What're You Watching?

It seems like now more than ever small talk is all about what we're watching on TV. I mean, we can't go anywhere, or do anything, so it's...

Name game

You might have noticed I changed the name of my page. And now I'm going to tell you how that happened. To start we have to go back to 201...

My Space

Way back in February, I posted that we were tearing out the side deck ~ along with all the hardships not having a back door has afforded ...

Sing Out, Louise!

I have a friend from high school called Bill who decided that Stanley Tucci isn't the only one who can make a rocking cocktail video and ...

Dad

This is my dad. This picture was taken in the mid-80s, when I was in high school, so he was probably in his mid- to late-60s. Retired. Di...

Unrest

I think I was probably in middle school the first time I saw footage of 1960s civil rights protestors being attacked by dogs and fire hos...

Maths

I have no problem admitting that I can not do math. I figure it's better to let people know up front in order to manage their expectation...

Grateful

My friend Carmen posted on Facebook about stress and fighting it with gratitude during this crazy time. She listed the things that have m...

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I grew up in Mississippi, lived in Memphis for 25 years, then moved to New Orleans in 2012 when my husband and I became emptynesters.

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