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On the swampy road to alligators

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... »

I love big hair – no ‘teasing’

I love big hair. No “teasing.” I can’t help it. I was a child of the ’50s and ’60s, when big hair was the thing, teasing was something girls and women did to their hair by back-combing it with a teasing comb, and Aqua Net was king. I come by the fascination with hair honestly.... »

My mother’s china

When I was a little girl, I didn’t appreciate my mother’s china – or her crystal, or the drop-leaf mahogany table where I inevitably got stuck with a leg in front of me at dinner parties. But now, I wish I could tell her that those two or three times a year when we have... »