Month: June 2017

I was bored this afternoon, so I decided to go to the mall and buy stuff. But a mall experience does not relieve boredom as much as it can cause depression. I went anyway, throwing caution to the wind, ready to take on the trip with a good attitude and a zero balanced credit card … Continue reading Rainy Day Boredom

If asked about my daddy, I would immediately respond that he taught me how to play poker, shoot pool and drink whiskey. He did all those things and although he might have always wanted a son to teach how to play baseball, he was a wonder in my life. As the youngest of four daughters, … Continue reading Daddy’s Little Girl

Some days we feel that nothing good is going to happen but simple pleasures are all around us and we must be open to them. Take tomatoes for example. I’m a tomato snob and believe that the tomato must be homegrown and vine ripened in order to measure up to the standard of what a … Continue reading Summer Perfection

If you connect the dots, you will see the elephant. If you make a connection of the elephant with me, you will understand my being drawn to elephants. The first time I saw an elephant was in a Homecoming Parade for the University of Alabama in downtown Tuscaloosa sometime in the 1950s. Can you connect … Continue reading The Elephant in Tuscaloosa

The terms “gender” and “sex” became the topic de jour a few weeks ago at a Board meeting, terms that are often used interchangeably and incorrectly. So we decided that with our expert opinions of all things Southern, we could at least put our spin on the subject and engaged in a lively banter of … Continue reading Southern Sendergex