Tag: Foxgloves & Fireflies

I’ve been constantly reminded of my grandparents’ house this morning. First, I got up way before daylight, about 4:15 a.m., which they always did,...

Since when did everything switch from rushed to warp speed? Christmas and other holidays are always a hectic time, but this is just ridiculous! Even...

You know it’s going to be a bad day when you get up and start preparing your Thanksgiving dinner at daylight and you pour...

Candles always give a space a warmth and coziness; use your plaid throws to enhance the feeling and to prolong your time spent on...

Image credit: Prime Magazine There is just no good answer to the age-old question, “Why do bad things happen to good people?” Many have tried to...

I just read an article about how people waste money. There were a lot of things in the article like bottled water, expensive clothes...

Fruit kabobs are an easy dessert or snack for a simple graduation party. Image: Pinterest There are graduation parties, and then, there are graduation parties....

Her first Mother’s Day… As I write this, my daughter is in a holding pattern, waiting for that first little twinge that is like nothing...

I have a friend who was revived after being coded, and later on her sister, who is a nurse, looked up the hospital records to...

I was asked recently what I love about life in a small town. It caught me off guard, but after thinking about it, I...

In writing an article for another paper I recently came across the story of a fourth-grader who initiated a fundraiser for a new animal...

Adel and E.H. Mize, who were from Cullman, on their wedding day - Feb. 1, 1942 (photo contributed by family) The Bible mentions the word...

Cooking with leftovers can be as easy as popping something into the microwave or it can be a new adventure in creating with what...

Now that the holidays are almost over, some of us are already dismantling our decorations. It feels kinda good to see the normal room...

I spent all day yesterday in my attic. Hunching over to avoid the gabled beams, I labored for hours packing away Halloween and Thanksgiving/fall...

  I’m not sure just what started it, but more than likely it was just like any other collection, you just find something that speaks...

Succulents require little care, and they reward you with beautiful foliage and occasional blooms. The popularity of succulents has exploded over the past couple of...

This time of year is transitional for people and plants. When it’s time for us to get out warm sweaters and scarves, it’s also...

Why didn’t someone tell me that it was going to be like this? Getting old, I mean. When I was younger I thought my...

There are two things that I had to struggle to learn how to make. For one thing, my grandmother never used recipes, just a...

It’s been a long time a’ comin’ but fall is finally beginning to show up in the early mornings, the leaves have changed to...

Remember the game we all played in elementary school called, “Telephone?” I’m not sure why, since it had nothing to do with a telephone...

If you are one of Facebook’s gazillion users, you’ve probably seen the videos that start out with some pretty, well-dressed women walking across a...

Does it break your heart that Khloe Kardashian sold her house for a mere $5.49 million? Or that her net worth of $20 million...

The leaves are just starting to turn orange on my sugar maples, and some are already falling. It makes me think of my Granny....

Photo: "This is my daughter, Eva "Sassy." She was about 5-6 years old in this photo. She loves to play in the mud!” LeeAnn...

If you have ever seen a movie or a documentary about people shooting heroin into their arms, you’ve seen that dazed look come over...

Perhaps you had milk with your cereal this morning; if so, you can thank a farmer. Or maybe, if you buttered your whole wheat...

They say that one of the strongest memory triggers is the sense of smell. That must be true because whenever I smell chalk or...