A hugely anticipated annual event in Mississippi is the Prairie Arts Festival - held in my hometown of West Point. The Festival is held each year

Prairie Arts Festival - August 30, 2008

on the Saturday before Labor Day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - in West Point’s downtown area That means this year it will be on August 30. (more…)

My Florida friend, Lota Mitchell, (pictured at right above with sister Janice) has just returned from an Alaskan Cruise. As I surveyed the photos she sent me, I was sweltering in three-digit heat. A glance at her photos was like a blast of cool air and I began making plans to escape to the great Northwest next summer. Here’s the account of her trip along with a few tips if you’ve been yearning for an Alaskan cruise: (more…)

See what I mean - they’re all gorgeous.

Since most of my girlfriends fall into the category of Gorgeous Grandmothers, I was delighted to learn that today has been declared their day. I’m not making this stuff up. Google “Gorgeous Grandma Day” if you don’t believe me. (more…)

I’ve been receiving cosmic messages from the universe in triplicate and they all relate to my front porch…that desolate place that collects dust and makes me sneeze. (more…)

When my mother was 35, Daddy gave her a present that she was absolutely wild about. It was a 1962 Ford Thunderbird Landau which was the hot car in those days. Later, after the new was long gone, they let me take it to Ole Miss. That was during my senior year when kids rarely had their own cars. (Suddenly everyone became my friend.) (more…)