by celiaadmin | Nov 23, 2015 | Weekly Column
Last week, on the very same day I spent 30 minutes agonizing over whether or not I should spend $50 on some black suede wedges at T.J. Maxx, Oprah was buying 10 percent of the Weight Watchers brand. By the end of the day, the shoes were in my closet and Oprah had...
by celiaadmin | Nov 23, 2015 | Weekly Column
I hate to admit it but I haven’t cared much about my genealogy over the years. When someone would drop mentions of this or that long dead ancestor at a family gathering, I’d just roll my eyes and wander off looking for Oreo pie. Who cares? That was...
by celiaadmin | Nov 23, 2015 | Weekly Column
It was nice to learn this week that Barack Obama, three quarters into his presidency, has finally gotten a Facebook page. Which means that, yes, your grandma Esther who lives in a singlewide at the end of the dirt road really is the last person in the world to...
by celiaadmin | Oct 19, 2015 | Weekly Column
We native Southerners spend our lives blessing hearts, speaking in a soft and friendly cadence and trying, desperately at times, to put a good face on all manner of misfortune. It’s what we do. We deplore coarseness, loud talking and sprouted bread. When we have...
by celiaadmin | Oct 19, 2015 | Fart Jokes, Weekly Column
The news that Volkswagen has lied its schnitzels off for years about hazardous emissions comes as a huge surprise to me because I always thought VWs were the sole of sensibility and honesty. In the early ’60s, our family had the only Volkswagen in the whole...
