by Celia Rivenbark | Dec 29, 2015 | Weekly Column
You have to wonder about the Hollywood masterminds who decided to open any movie on the same weekend as “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (and then, apparently, kills Alvin and the Chipmunks in their sleep.) The score at the end of the weekend? Space...
by Celia Rivenbark | Dec 17, 2015 | Weekly Column
I thought I knew all the tricks for de-cluttering a household but that was before a friend told me about Marie Kondo’s best-selling book, “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up.” Kondo, a respected authority on the art of Japanese decluttering and...
by Celia Rivenbark | Dec 17, 2015 | Weekly Column
Man, the toys aren’t what they used to be. In my day, it was all about Patty Burp, a red-haired doll baby that you flipped upside down, then right side up, and she would reward you with a huge throaty “BURRRRRRRPPP!” In the Princess’s...
by celiaadmin | Dec 7, 2015 | Weekly Column
It’s time once again to gather the family together and watch that beloved holiday classic “It’s A Wonderful Life.” I was reminding Aunt Verlie of this at Thanksgiving dinner and she said the same thing she always says around this time of...
by celiaadmin | Nov 23, 2015 | Weekly Column
So….the man bun. Let’s talk. I have to admit that I didn’t give it much thought until the “clip-on” man bun started showing up ($9.99 on Groupon for the “half Princess Leia”) recently. To be honest, unlike any of my women...
by celiaadmin | Nov 23, 2015 | Weekly Column
Playboy magazine has announced it will no longer publish pictures of nekkid women starting in March. While high school librarians are no doubt thrilled to finally be able to offer the magazine for its oft-touted quality articles, the decision has upset all 15...
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...
