City Girl

When I was in school, there was no Presidents’ Day. […]

This column will be published the day before Valentine’s Day when everyone’s thoughts will be on love and relationships – or at least on chocolates and roses. […]

Cats are temperamental animals. […]

Many people in my life refer to me as a wordsmith, and since the definition of a wordsmith is a person who works with words, I guess that would be an accurate description. […]

In 1999 David and Donna Shackelford purchased a house in the tiny community on the Rains and Hopkins County lines known as Bonanza. […]

Jack Frost paid a visit to East Texas and beyond last week, and the world as we know it came to a halt for a few days. […]

I love jewelry that’s not just decorative but has some sort of story behind it. […]

Saturday morning, I woke up early, made coffee, and settled in to read for a while before David, his sister, and the two dogs joined me for the day. […]

Our Christmas celebrations have become larger and louder with more decorations, more gifts, more parties, more parades, more shopping, more food, more of almost everything. […]

Last week I took a giant step in the journey from being a city girl to becoming a country girl – I baked homemade biscuits that were not only edible but they were actually very tasty! […]