by Celia Rivenbark | Mar 5, 2018 | Weekly Column
Donald Trump’s Dickensian suggestion that food stamps should be replaced by home-delivered boxes of canned food—think Blue Apron with less pancetta-wrapped halibut and more expired chili and dented peaches—didn’t get a lot of love when it was unveiled...
by Celia Rivenbark | Feb 26, 2018 | Weekly Column
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by Celia Rivenbark | Feb 19, 2018 | Weekly Column
Note to readers (and a warning): This is the first non-political/Trump column I have written in more than a year. I thought it might be fun to give readers (and myself) a week off. That said, I have rarely had more hate mail on any column than I have had on this one....
by Celia Rivenbark | Feb 12, 2018 | Weekly Column
There is something mysteriously absent from the White House these days and people are starting to talk about it. No, not Melania, although that’s a solid guess. I’m referring, of course, to the lack of a White House pet for the first time in...
by Celia Rivenbark | Feb 5, 2018 | Weekly Column
When I was a kid, anytime the Rev. Billy Graham’s crusade was televised, we were expected to stop catching lightnin’ bugs in mayonnaise jars—the pastime of choice on a steamy Southern night– and head inside. We would take our places on the...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jan 29, 2018 | Weekly Column
Life Time Fitness, which operates 128 fitness centers in the U.S. and Canada, recently announced the elimination of cable network news stations from its TV screens, claiming the networks’ “politically charged content” was unhealthy for its...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jan 22, 2018 | Weekly Column
I’m going to say something that will shock some, if not most of y’all, because it defends Donald Trump. Yes, President Trump, appearing to act in the manner of a Completely Normal American for possibly the first time since he was just a young stable...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jan 15, 2018 | Weekly Column
As I sit here on pins and needles—PINS AND NEEDLES Y’ALL!—awaiting the release of Donald Trump’s nominations for the “most dishonest and corrupt news media awards” he just invented in his big orange noggin, I imagine this is how Meryl...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jan 9, 2018 | Weekly Column
Hey y’all: I was ‘sposed to post this a couple of weeks ago but never got around to it. After holiday travel and shenanigans, I’ll be back on sked next Monday. In the meantime, hope you enjoy this admittedly tardy offering… Love, Celia Dear...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jan 3, 2018 | Weekly Column
On Christmas Eve night, I sank into the same burgundy cushioned pew I’ve occupied for decades at my Methodist Church at the beach. The music was soothing my tattered soul, as it does every Christmas Eve. With Duh Hubby and the Princess at my side, I got...
