Whether you’re showing up in the kitchen for the first time or you’re stopping by for another cup of coffee, you might want to look back at the original blog. Here are some of my favorites.
Life’s Little Absurdities
- Just Waitin’ on a Ride
- Bonding with exes and unknowingly foreshadowing the Airport of Doom. All in a day’s wait.
- Florida and the Airport of Doom
- In which I discuss my double-oh-seven, license-to-kill, supersonic death ray hair clip. TSA was not impressed.
- We’re Just Like Bonnie and Clyde!
- You won’t believe it, y’all—we’re practically felons. (But like, polite ones.)
Fun with Grammar
- Which Came First: The Inference or the Implication?
- Learn the difference between inferring and implying—with a quiz, but no detention.
- Ask the English Teacher: Adjectives, Adverbs, and Prepositional Phrases
- A kind and gentle grammar lesson (because you asked nicely). Featuring a brave knight and zero dragons.
- My Favorite Lesson: Who or Whom
- “Whom” doesn’t have to be scary. Especially when Gilligan’s Island is part of the lesson plan.
- The Superfluous Apostrophe
- Apostrophes are not candy sprinkles. You don’t just scatter them everywhere.
- You Should’ve Said, “Would’ve” When You Could’ve
- A lesson in logic, contractions, and thinking before we write. Because “would of” is not a thing, y’all.
- Affect or Effect: The Big Showdown
- A vocabulary lesson for my nephew. He’s in the armed forces, y’all. I’m not going to tell him no when he asks!
Back in the Day
- The Season of Love and Understanding
- Two simple stories—one at an airport, one through the mail—show how a little patience and kindness can go a long way, especially when things don’t go as planned.
- My Favorite Hillbilly
- The story of how a disastrous honeymoon showed me my husband’s calm strength.
- A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Honeymoon
- Part two of our honeymoon story: questionable motels, car troubles, and the calm, quiet man who made the best of everything.
- Whatever Happened to Childhood?
- Remember when summer days were long, TV had rabbit ears, and “go play” was the parenting strategy of choice? Yeah. That.
- You Might Be an Eighth Grade Teacher
- A checklist of the signs you’ve taught eighth grade—and lived to tell about it. Warning: side effects may include twitching, sighing, and unexplained chocolate cravings
Family
- A Mother’s Day Card
- A tribute to the woman who made me who I am—and why I’m so grateful she’s my mama.
- Fun with Adult Children
- Getting a 16-year-old to roll her eyes is easy. Getting a 30-year-old to do it? Even more fun. Ask me how I know
- An Apology. Sort of. More or Less
- A pregnant woman with a plan is a force of nature. This is the story of one, a bus, and the breathless family members who just tried to keep up.
The Hillbilly’s Corner
- A Hillbilly Friend is a Friend Forever
- Apparently hillbilly friendship involves fishing. And umm…snakes. I don’t know. It’s a hillbilly thing.
- What’s Bugging the Hillbilly?
- When the creepy-crawlies invade, the Hillbilly takes matters into his own hands. And sprays. A lot.
- Hillbilly Feeding Habits
- Black olives and messy hillbilly boy pockets.
- Country School Surprises
- Umm…I’m not at all sure why these children are still alive. You won’t be either.
- The Hillbilly Boy Takes Up Boxing
- The Hillbilly Boy’s first fight, brought to you by the Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robot school of boxing.
- The Hillbilly and the Other Bear
- The Hillbilly ran into a bear long before he ran into me. I nearly lost him before I ever found him!
- The Hillbilly Knows No Fear!
- Oh dear! Just read it. I can’t look.
Can we be serious?
- The Curse of Expectations
- A story of two boys, a fishing trip, and how learning to manage our expectations can change everything.
- It’s Time to Talk About Depression
- Depression doesn’t always look the way you might expect. I share my own experience to explain to those who don’t understand and to encourage those who do.
A Recipe Kind of
- Mama’s Pie Crust Recipe
- This is not a recipe blog, but if you hang around, I’ll show you how to make THE WORLD’S GREATEST PIE CRUST.
- This is STILL Not a Cooking Blog, But…
- So this is a discussion, not a recipe. If you happen to learn to make a cherry pie, that’s not on me.
- No Bake Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies
- Let’s talk about peanut buttery no-bake deliciousness. Yes, there’s a recipe buried at the bottom. But this is not a cooking blog, so keep it quiet.
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