My daughter sent me a text they were slaughtering the turkeys.  It's that time of year, when after a year of fun and fellowship, they are now going to roast and eat their companions. And they feel pretty good about it.  It's important for them to like the things they...

After a two month hiatus due to lack of  internet connectivity up in Maine and a surfeit of emotional connectivity back home, I'm back where I belong. My little cabin in the Maine woods reinforced my decision NOT to be a fan of scary books and I enjoyed sitting out on...

Thanks to EVERYONE who came to the first Literary Event at our wonderful downtown Persnickety Books which happened to also be my first ever book signing.  I don't know if I was "glowing" (southern ladies glow you know, never sweat)  from nerves or heat, but either way...

"A great story told in a style reminiscent of Jan Karon, Miss Read and Alexander McCall Smith. It boasts a wonderful cast of characters, each worthy of their own tale...do I see a series??? This is a not a children’s book. It deals with real life issues without shying...

UNESCO added 8, count 'em EIGHT, Frank Lloyd Wright buildings to the World Heritage List. I saw it in the paper this morning. Most exciting, but the paper didn't include photos or links so I'm doing that now....

My family has always loved a good time and when we learned that Hugh Jackman's THE MAN, THE MUSIC, THE SHOW was coming to our hemisphere; had to plan a get together. Our variety of ages from, let us say, post-Medicare  to pre-middle school enrollment, determined other...

One of the issues of being an older new singleton is getting out at night.  Pat and I went everywhere all the time; even after he was on life support. We saw Book of Mormon one sleety February afternoon at DPAC and attended many concerts in Chapel Hill and Greensboro,...