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How many times will I look out the front door to see if she’s back? Or walk along the road calling her name and whistling?
On Saturday, our old shaggy dog Savannah went off on her last adventure. It was still dark out and snowing lightly when I let our gray-and-white Shitzu mix who had... »
An old dog’s last adventure
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Cookin', Critters and Chillun
Sometime in the last year, Tina Smith left a flyer at our office that called attention to the dangers of what some kids call the “choking game” which took the life of her son, Tyler Matherly. It was filled with small type about why teenagers are willing to get a high by choking themselves to... »
Pleadings from a grieving mom
Cookin', Critters and Chillun
The Dish Fairy goes on strike
The Dish Fairy is on strike. Usually the Dish Fairy comes to our house at about 5:30 or 6 a.m. when she unloads and puts away the clean dishes from the dishwasher, and puts in the dirty ones. First let me say that although my sweet husband does a number of chores around the house, dishwashing... »
Cookin', Critters and Chillun
I got a call from Paula Deen the other day. Honest. And she didn’t start off the conversation with “Hey, y’all.”
She did at her “Paula Deen Live” show at the Salem Civic Center Oct. 2, though. If she hadn’t, people would have been disappointed.
Paula is just a good ol’ gal from South Georgia. That’s... »
Hey, y’all, it’s Paula Deen
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Donna, you'll look terrific as a silver-haired beauty. As far as catfish are concerned, producers grow them too big around ...
Dear Meg:
I love this blog and all you South Georgia girls. I'm letting my hair turn silver now and ...
Cookin', Critters and Chillun
A tale of two vans
It all started with a simple plan: borrow a van to get my pet portrait paintings and 6-foot display screens to and from Olde Salem Days on Saturday. I should preface this with the explanation that two weeks ago my trusty 2000 Durango blew a gasket. “Blowing a gasket” was one of my Daddy’s favorite... »COMMENTS
Gosh darn! As I read this tale of woe, I expected you to say the solenoid (however it's ...
The lock on the passenger door on our Chevy Suburban used to get stuck and would at unexpected times swing ...
Potpourri by Gwen Johnson
Celebrate Catawba this past weekend was fun despite the misty rain and fog. But then maybe that was a plus. As far as I’m concerned it beat the heck out of triple digits and humidity which seems to have been the weather trend for most of the summer. It has been... »
Here’s to Elvis, Alpaca coats and warm memories
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how freakin kool & interesting. Thanx fore sharing this!
Letters from Red Horse
The first time I stood in front of my old house in Craig, I was only 12. At 12 you have no clue about ownership of things such as a house, your lens of ownership is far simpler, like a pair of shoes or your school notebook. At 12, my ownership relationship... »
Ownership
Cookin', Critters and Chillun
There must be an invisible sign flashing over our house this summer. It reads, “Eat here!” The sign is visible only to the wild things who live in the woods: squirrels, field mice, bear and the latest, raccoons.
I wish I still thought raccoons were cute little furry critters with smiling mouths and black masks.... »
Raccoons in the chicken yard!
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Most difficult to outsmart a "4-legged thief," but looks like she did.
Very interesting piece. Imaginative and very creative.
Cookin', Critters and Chillun
SOUTH GEORGIA – We were on the road to watch alligators, to eat fried catfish and visit relatives living and dead, not necessarily in that order.
If you read my column last week, you know I was consumed with a need to get my Georgia fix, so Bill and I set off on a little... »
On the swampy road to alligators
Confessions of a harried mom
By Lynne Hale
We all make bone-headed mistakes. They’re good for us; usually we learn from them and change our actions so that we don’t keep doing the same stupid thing, with the same stupid results.
Shopping for any clothing is something that I find about as appealing as a trip to the dentist for a... »
How do you recognize a mid-life crisis?
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Superb! and so very true.I love you, Mom





Meg, So sad to say goodbye to our loyal friends. Our little old Taco wandered off in our forest ...
1 Comment »Gloria Cone January 11, 2011