…….I’ve been going through pictures of relatives, some of whom I can’t even identify. My sister, Marsha, the older of the two of us and by her own declaration, the more responsible, was the self-designated keeper of things. That’s why when my Grandma Rose Herron…
…….I was John D.’s girl. There was no doubt in anyone’s mind that I worshipped my father and was always two steps behind him trying to learn about his world. ……Today is Father’s Day and like many of you my Dad is longer with me…
……..They’re gonna be “somebunny!” ….”…..I can see Roberta Rabbit, my fictious alter-ego, looking at my two great granddaughters and imagining what possibilities lie ahead for them. There can be no limitations! ……..It wasn’t always the case. Back in the seventies a woman couldn’t get a…
…..I am sad. There I’ve said it and a columnist is never supposed to impose her emotions in writing, but today it seems I can’t help it. But you, dear readers are not the typical reader, we’re friends, …..Today we buried my brother-in-law, Bill Webster,…
……I feel like my head is full of random thoughts and questions, so I’m sharing them with you. My good friend, the late Hugh Tate, used to do a column “Things I know, see or hear” full of observations. Hugh was one of the best…
……..And here I sit again on New Year’s Eve. There are reports of parties and dancing even drinking and frivolity. But, in all my years, I never saw it. Once I was old enough to go drinking and dancing, I was already a young mother. …
……The backhoe outdid itself this year proving their is no limit when Santa and Pat Jones put their minds together for a parade! ….The New Cumberland Christmas Parade was fantastic. It was the biggest and best I remember in all the years the community has…
I have a vested interest in racetrack video lottery…..I and the late Del. Sam Love birthed it in 1994. We spent many long hours going over the percentages of where the net terminal revenue should go and my status as the delegate who huddled in…
>…..I used to put my tree up like a whirling dervish the weekend after Thanksgiving. I did it all by myself. Many times throughout my life I have been alone and that did not bother me. It was just that no one had the commitment, the intensity, the…