by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 27, 2022 | Weekly Column
My dear Duh Hubby retired last week. At 60, he’s young-ish to do so but he’s worked very hard for a long time and I don’t begrudge him. The night I popped open a can of Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers’ Beef Feast and headed toward his dinner...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 20, 2022 | Weekly Column
After watching the antics of bonny Prince Louis of Cambridge last week at Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration and Wet Waistcoat Contest, I found myself thinking somebody needs to ship the wee master across the pond so a Southern Mee-maw could,...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 13, 2022 | Weekly Column
In preparation for watching the splashy sequel to film classic “Top Gun,” I decided to rewatch the 1986 original, remembering it as “great, one of the best movies I’ve ever seen.” Bwhahahahahahaha! Clocking in at a shade...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 6, 2022 | Weekly Column
Leave it to TikTok to make something as ordinary as taking a walk around the neighborhood sound almost edgy. The “hot girl walk” is officially a TikTok craze. It’s a dubious honor. Last year, hordes of young folks shocked their parents and...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 30, 2022 | Weekly Column
We had been married a little over a year when I had an abortion. Put down your rocks and torches. If I had not had the abortion, I might well have died. Not so simple now, is it? If I had been your wife, your daughter, your sister, your friend. I had an...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 23, 2022 | Weekly Column
My nephew and his wife are expecting their first baby next month. They’re excited for all the usual reasons, but I’m happy for them for a much less obvious reason. You see, it’s easy, and expected, to be giddy at the notion of gently...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 9, 2022 | Weekly Column
My nephew and his wife are expecting their first baby next month. They’re excited for all the usual reasons, but I’m happy for them for a much less obvious reason. You see, it’s easy, and expected, to be giddy at the notion of gently...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 2, 2022 | Weekly Column
I spotted the petite gray and white tabby while working on my laptop beside a kitchen window. She was staring at a female cardinal perched on the lowest branch of my ancient cypress tree. My own tuxedo cats, Joey and Chandler, had also perked up at the sight of...
by Celia Rivenbark | Apr 25, 2022 | Weekly Column
I often blame my abysmal math skills on missing a crucial week of long division instruction way back in fourth grade. Laid low by a virus, I never caught up and remain lousy at math to this day. But young students in Florida public schools will now have an...
by Celia Rivenbark | Apr 18, 2022 | Weekly Column
The recent news that gelatin salads are making a big comeback left me feeling equal parts nostalgic and nauseous. You see, here in the South, we were the last ones to finally, mercifully, stop mixing boiling water with a box of “fruit” flavored...
