Down to the Wire!
Hello folks, let’s chat…As I geared up to lay down a holiday spread that would do my southern ancestors proud, I was thinking of Thanksgivings past. I remember hiding under my grandmother’s dining room table with my sister Rhonda and our cousin Lisa. Our mission was to successfully emerge from beneath the tablecloth to taste-test without getting caught as our mamas trooped back and forth
Puzzle Therapy and Family Traditions
I'm thinking about y'all tonight. Your faces came to me as I sifted the pile for border pieces. Every card table gathering of puzzle warriors I've ever partnered with have agreed to that major rule-- outside edges first. Sisters-in-laws
Unplugged
As I may have mentioned ten or two hundred times already, I was doing a number of things simultaneously long before the experts gave it a name and began debating its advantages and disadvantages. Their conclusions are a mute point for me. I don’t multi-task out of a personal conviction that it increases my efficiency; it’s simply the way I’m programmed. It bothers me to
Harold Reid in the Southern Quote
Harold was born August 21, 1939 in Augusta County, Virginia. As a young man he sang with three friends in a church trio. Five years later, his young brother Bob came on board and the quartet began performing gospel music under the name the Kingsmen. The group’s first big break came when they opened a concert for a popular entertainer and earned his admiration in the
Shellie’s Homemade Croutons
Hello folks! Welcome back to the All Things Southern kitchen. I’m making good on a promise. Last week we cooked my Cheesy Vegetable Soup and I promised y'all we’d do home-made croutons. I'm a woman of my word. Ready? Let's get to it! Ingredients: Day old French bread (3-4 cups) 2 tablespoons Butter 2 tablespoons Olive oil ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper *optional seasoning of your choice Red pepper flakes We’ll begin by
Life is Grand
Hey folks! Today’s southern chuckle comes to us compliments of my friend John at the Good Clean Funnies List, that’s . Do yourself a favor and check it out. You can subscribe and get a nice clean free joke delivered to your email box every single morning. Oh, and did I mention it would be clean? Yeah, that’s my favorite part. By the way, if you
In Need a Humor Break
Hello folks, let’s chat…My fellow Americans, we’re in bad need of a humor break. The trick is lightening the mood without insulting someone’s mama, politics or religion. For incurable storytellers like yours truly, this can be like walking a tightrope. But don’t take my word on it. Ask that guy who got fired from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Y’all may have heard his
Duck Dynasty’s Uncle Si Visits ATS LIVE
Added bonus-- Mountain Man drops by, too!
When God Wakes You Up!
My son is a very hard worker and a notoriously heavy sleeper. I remember trying to wake him for school. Phillip had a way of acting like he was fully conscious while he was still sleeping, so I would leave the room without completely waking him. It was frustrating then. It’s funny now. But, that’s because it’s not my problem anymore. No, it’s his darling wife’s