
From the rocky coast of Washington to the sandy coast of Florida, there are beaches everywhere — well, everywhere there is an ocean or other body of water. There’s something so fun about getting together with a group of girlfriends and heading out for the beach. I love Gulf Shores, Alabma — maybe I’m a…
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This is what I LOVE about the Smokey Mountains – Mountain range that just seems to stretch out across the land. Creeks that rush, tumble and roar through the woods Wild animals oblivious to my presence And then there are the things about the Smoky Mountains that make me cringe — the tourist-y…
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As a child of the 70s & 80s, I spent many weekends at the local skating rink. I’m not the best skater. Not now, not then. Never could do that half-spin into the backwards skate move. I spent most of my time looking at the cute boys, giggling with girlfriends in the corner, and playing…
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I love big hair. And I do NOT love that I keep reading about the return of big hair accompanied by a picture of some skinny girl with bone straight hair with a poofy hair-bump on her crown. This is NOT big hair. Big hair is …. well, it’s big. Bump hair is poofy, not…
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Lori Elrod is battling breast cancer. She’s fighting it with a faith that blows me away and with a humor that amazes me. “You have to laugh,” she says. Lori is fairly new in my life. We go to the same church, but didn’t get to know each other until she (and her hubs, David)…
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