by celiaadmin | Oct 12, 2015 | Weekly Column
I’m coming up on my one-year anniversary volunteering in the main office at the Princess’s high school one morning a week. I don’t tell you this so you’ll think I’m a good person. I tell you this so you’ll understand that I will...
by celiaadmin | Oct 12, 2015 | Weekly Column
Having lunch with a friend who isn’t from the South and, therefore, doesn’t speak fluent fish camp can be an exercise in frustration for all concerned. I said fish camp but it also applies to every barbecue joint that’s worth its hushpuppies...
by celiaadmin | Oct 11, 2015 | Weekly Column
So I went to the phone store the other day and everybody was so friendly! I mean, seriously, freakishly, tail-waggin’ friendly. The first thing they do is greet you at the door and it’s all very “first names only.” In fact, they put...
by celiaadmin | Oct 11, 2015 | Weekly Column
I don’t think I have ever read a more unbelievable news story than the one last week about a husband and wife who used their iPads to safely land their small plane when its electrical system failed. I’m not amazed that you could land a plane with...
by celiaadmin | Oct 11, 2015 | Weekly Column
Oh, I am going to miss Brian Williams, especially now that he is a five-time Grammy winner. OK, I’m kidding. The truth is I don’t honestly care that Brian Williams turns out to have a small problem with “truthiness” as Stephen Colbert might...
by celiaadmin | Oct 11, 2015 | Weekly Column
I can’t tell you how refreshing it is to, finally, FINALLY, see the South get credit for doing something right. And not just anywhere in the South. Mi-ss-i-ss-i-pp-i! The state whose test scores and literacy rates inspired less charitable Southerners to...
