City Girl

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. […]

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. […]