When you wander off the beaten path, you discover the bliss of backroads.
Family
The guy buckles me into the harness. This is really happening. Can I tell them to just put away my parachute? I look over at my son next to me. He is all grins. I look up at the sky. There are only two clouds. Behind me, the bright parachute billows. My heart is racing. …
Guy Clark sings that there are “only two things that money can’t buy — and that’s true love and home-grown tomatoes.” Growing up, I was never the tomato fan that Guy was. My grandmother would set a plate in front of me, the plate that offered the noxious fruit disguised as a vegetable. “MeMe (pronounced …
I’m late to the party, but I just watched The Notebook. I’m not sure how this Nicholas Sparks classic evaded me. (Spoiler alert: you can skip this paragraph if you don’t want me to ruin the plot of the movie for you). I love a good tearjerker. Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling are electric as young …
You are at a charity gala with your husband. You are in a ballgown and he’s wearing tails. It’s the end of a lovely spring evening, and the two of you decide it’s time to head home. You wait for the car at the valet stand when some other couples (who are unmarried friends and acquaintances of yours) …
O.C. tip-toed as quietly as he could through the muggy Alabama night. Or at least as quietly as one can while carrying a ladder. He was at the home of his beloved: sweet, shy, bright-eyed Willie. His mission was to steal her away and make her his wife. Wille’s stepfather was an overbearing man who made many …