City Girl

What could be more appropriate for a column that will appear in the Rains County Leader on Thanksgiving Day than a discussion about what I’m thankful for. […]

This has been the kind of week that makes an animal lover rethink her position and consider limiting her contact with the creatures to the meat counter at the grocery store and the dinner table. […]

I wrote the main body of this week’s column exactly six years ago on November 5, 2017. I generally try to avoid re-running old columns, but today has been one of those days. […]

When I was a kid and my parents ordered coffee, the waitress knew exactly what to bring them – coffee – period. […]

I think Kitty is enjoying the cooler weather – either that or she’s coming out of a state of depression. […]

On October 7 of this year, Hamas began an ongoing armed conflict with Israel by launching approximately 3,000 rockets from the Gaza Strip toward central and southern Israel. […]

Two years ago I wrote a column titled Kitty and her elephant. […]

On the last Sunday in September we were nearing the end of our monthly Church Praying meeting when the quiet reverence of the room was shattered by a loud alarm sounding from several phones. […]

You read that right. I don’t hate laundry. […]

Another Rains County Fair has come and gone. I’ve had a vendor space in the Exhibit Building every year since my first book became available in print in 2015 – except the year Covid shut down the fair. […]