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FUN on Friday: It’s Party Time!

Lip Syncing Kim Carnes’ “Barking at Airplanes” circa 1985 I love parties. I especially love to plan and host parties. Back in the ‘70s and ‘80s we were into costume parties with lots of fun musical...

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Mental Health Monday: Maggie and the Bean Stalk… Friends Forever!

This message appeared on Day 7 Remember the joyful friend I wrote about in my blog past last Friday? Her name is Maggie. When she and her husband came to a party at our house on July 11, she brought me...

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Mental Health Monday: Hair, Hats, and Droopy Eyelids

back cover “Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty” by Diane Keaton One doesn’t usually consider movie stars to be mental health professionals. But when one’s screen idol writes two wonderfully candid books...

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Writing (and Reading) on Wednesdays: It’s Not a Book Club

Thanks to my friend, NancyKay Sullivan, for sharing this Wall Street Journal article on Facebook this morning: “Read Slowly to Benefit Your Brain and Cut Stress,” by Jeanne Whalen. Evidently there’s a...

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Family on Friday: The BEST Cornbread Dressing EVER!

6 days before Thanksgiving… a good time to start preparations. Especially if you’re expecting a crowd. For the first time in many years, we’ll have all our children and grandchildren together AT OUR...

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Mental Health Monday: Favorite TV Shows of 2014

I’m not sure what this says about the state of my mental health, but I decided to do this instead of my usual 2014 “End of Year” List—a list of my favorite TV shows. I’m sad that “Parenthood” only has...

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Faith on Friday: The Mystery of Art

I’ve been reading the book my husband gave me for Christmas this week. (It finally made its way up the queue.) The book is The Mystery of Art: Becoming an Artist in the Image of God by Jonathan...

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Mental Heath Monday: A Couple of Laughs

  That’s all.

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Faith on Friday: Izzy, Elvis and the Mother of God

Icon of the Dormition of the Mother of God August 15 is the date that millions of people commemorate the death of two very different heroes—Elvis Presley and the Mother of God. Tomorrow is the date of...

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End of Year List: 2015 Travelogue

A few years ago I was inspired by my friend Corey Mesler (poet, author, and owner of Burke’s Books in Memphis)  to do an “End of Year” list. Like Corey’s, my list included favorite books, movies,...

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Why Binge-Watching a TV Series is Like Reading a Novel

Cast of The Newsroom I miss Will, MacKenzie, Charlie, Jim, Maggie, Sloan, Don and Neal! This weekend I finished binge-watching the HBO series (three seasons) “The Newsroom” on Amazon Prime Video (using...

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Fill the World With Love

Turner Classic Movie channel is playing old Oscar-winning movies leading up to this year’s Academy Awards. I’ve been recording some of them to watch, and this weekend I watched “Goodbye Mr. Chips” with...

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The Glass Castle

Sunday night my husband and I went to see “The Glass Castle.” What a terrific movie! Here’s a wonderful interview with Jeanette Walls, who wrote the memoir on which the movie is based.     Jeanette...

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I LOVE TELEVISION

  There. I’ve said it. I know there are lots of writers who don’t “waste time” watching television, but I love it. I’ve loved it since my family got our first black and white set when I was five years...

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2020 Favorite TV Shows, Mini-Series and Movies

Unlike my 2020 End of Year Reading List—which is easy to publish since I log each book I read throughout the year—putting together a favorite mini-series, movie, and television show list is a bit more...

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Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration: February 24-26 2022

About the NLCC The Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration started in 1990, in Natchez, Mississippi. The celebration was held virtually in 2021, due to Covid. Everyone is excited for this event to...

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New York City May/June 2024

“Pops” (aka Dr. William/Father Basil/Bill Cushman) and I took a wonderful week-long trip to New York City the last week of May. We had been many times in the past, but what made this trip so special...

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