City Girl

After a couple of weeks of whining about our problems and ailments, I have some good news to share, at least it’s good news for us. […]

Last week started off pretty well as Mondays go, but it went downhill from there. […]

When David and I first married, we enrolled in a Sunday School class at our church called “Nearly and Newlyweds.” […]

During the cold spell this past week, we put a wash cloth in the cabinet doors under all the sinks to hold them open enough to let some warm air in but hopefully not so much to offer an invitation to Kitty to go in and investigate. […]

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. […]