by celiaadmin | Oct 12, 2015 | Weekly Column
These days, much to my surprise, parents must attend college orientation with their kids, which is why Duh Hubby, the Princess and I joined about 500 other parents and students last week at her chosen school, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Go...
by celiaadmin | Oct 12, 2015 | Weekly Column
In the coastal Carolinas, where I live, there have been 11 shark attacks on our beaches this summer. This is the most recorded in one year since they started keeping records of that kind of thing 80 years ago. It sounds bad but it’s still five less than the...
by celiaadmin | Oct 12, 2015 | Weekly Column
The U.S. Treasury Department (motto: Go ahead and spend it! We’ll just print more!) has announced a woman will join Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill and we have five years to decide who that woman will be. Preliminary polls have produced predictable...
by celiaadmin | Oct 12, 2015 | Weekly Column
I loved the movie “Inside Out” and not just because it provided a two-hour respite from the 100-degree temps outside. There’s nowhere colder than a movie theater. Just ask Aunt Verlie, who refuses to go inside one without her official...
by celiaadmin | Oct 12, 2015 | Weekly Column
Now that the Princess has officially graduated and will soon be off to college, Duh Hubby and I have been inundated with helpful advice from friends who have already coped with a suddenly empty nest. They have bravely gone before us and forged a path rather like a...