They Got Me!
My grown kids surprised me at Christmas. It was a wow moment, a tear-jerker, a really cool surprise. Y’all may remember that back during the summer, I told y'all about an awesome template that helps you to produce a very special biography. It's called "Where I'm From." I loved the exercise so much that I shared it with friends and family, immediate and extended, and did everything
Join me Monday Evening for another swinging hour of ATS LIVE
Hey friends! I'll be back on air tomorrow evening with another fun evening of ATS LIVE and I couldn't be more excited to introduce to y'all my special guest, Dr. Rita Hancock. Dr. Rita is a graduate of Cornell University and is a board-certified Physical Medicine specialist with subspecialty board certification in Pain Management. She has been in full-time practice for fifteen years. In addition, she serves as the
Bless Their Hearts
Hey y'all, I'm super excited! Should have the new All Things Southern "Bless Their Hearts" t-shirts available by the end of January! Hope to have them at the book table when I speak at the Texas Cowgirl Convention! I'm planning to offer them in dark chocolate, hot pink, lime green, and this gorgeous blue! Oh, I'm also bringing back the "If You're Southern and You Know It, Say Amen" design,
Was Your Christmas More Griswold or “It’s a Wonderful Life”
How was your Christmas? Let me guess! Everything was picture perfect. It was like you were living in a Hallmark movie. Your house was decorated to the nines inside and out. Your Christmas cards turned out great. You addressed them elegantly, by hand, and sent them out promptly. You finished your shopping early and everyone was delighted with your exquisitely wrapped gifts and home-made bows.
Johnny Mercer in the Southern Quote
This southerner was born in Savannah, Georgia on the eighteenth of November, 1909 with a love for music in his veins. If you can believe it, his aunt used to say he was humming music when he was six months old. Okay. Perhaps this will be more believable. As a young boy Johnny loved to sing in church Sunday morning and spend his Sunday afternoons
Why Belle Training Needs to Start Early
My daughter gave her nieces, the bellerina czars, their own personalized stationary for Christmas. True, they’ll both need their mama’s help to pen a note, but you can’t start a belle’s thank you note training too early. I doubt you’ll be surprised to learn that it also reminded me of a story… I remember when my friend, Julia, ordered her kids personalized thank you notes. She
Aunt Judy’s Caramel Candy
Hello folks, welcome back to the All Things Southern kitchen. Today’s recipe comes from one of the Golden Girls I mentioned in the porch chat. It’s “Aunt Judy’s Caramel Candy” and it comes with a promise and a warning. Let’s get the warning over with first. This recipe is full of sugar and high in calories. You’ll want to serve it in very small squares. And the
“Sister, Sister”
I threw a Christmas luncheon for The Golden Girls. Longtime listeners know them as Mama and her sisters, Marleta and Judy. The only thing that would’ve made the Sister/Sister party any better would’ve been had my own siblings been able to come in to share the day with that venerated generation above us. To know the Golden Girls is to love them. Ask my BBF.
Grace Came to Stay
Hey friends and family and readers who feel like friends and family. I hope all of you had a lovely Christmas filled to the brim with peace, love, and joy. The man and I are Louisiana bound today after a Houston visit with the Baby Beau Czars and their parents. I'm riding shotgun, totally wrapped up in the new Logos 5 upgrade to my beloved
Savoring as an Art Form!
What do you get when you bake chocolate muffins, top them with small mountains of peanut butter mousse frosting, and cool them in the fridge, before dipping them upside down into the type of melted hot chocolate that forms a hard shell over that melt in your mouth icing? Answer: Very, happy, All Things Southern baby czars, wired for sound. I’m pretty sure my daughter