Journal

#1,598 First Long Drive.

Tonight I’m blogging from the road en route to Ole Miss for a speaking engagement tomorrow, in the heated front seat of the new (to us) Tahoe, in m...

#1,597 Great Day.

Presumably because of this wonderful little feature over on Oh So Beautiful Paper yesterday: Which resulted in some major traction on Pinterest...

#1,596 Flashflood.

That horrific storm system passed through here around 10:00 tonight and brought a crazy flashflood like I’ve never seen in my life. We’re safe and ...

#1,595 The Lights.

He didn’t quite finish setting them up yesterday, but after a few wire snips and connections… We have new landscape lightsthat should be 100% maint...

#1,594 Good Boys.

Ben was working in the yard installing a new landscape lighting system all day. He was coming and going from the shop in the back yard to the front...

#1,593 Fruit Crate.

Today I had an inordinate amount of fun designing a huge banner that will cover the wall facing the 5 points intersection in downtown. I’ve always ...

#1,592 Homey Places.

There were two moments when I found myself to be really really happy today. During our morning breakfast routine, on the porch, having our cereal a...

#1,591 Dream of the 90s.

Remember that time I brought back overalls? It felt so 90s. So right. Sort of like: Ben’s doing his part to keep the dream of the 90s alive in La...

#1,590 Checkups + Canton.

I had post-op follow up appointments with my 2 doctors in Jackson today. Dr. Moore gave me nothing but good news. A great visit all around. Dr. Nic...

#1,589 Appenheckyeahtomy.

The bill for my appendectomy came in today. I was a nervous wreck opening it. I was imagining the very worst. My sisters-in-law have told me storie...

#1,588 Easter Plus 2.

This year’s Easter was remarkably like last year’s in that we hosted it and my family came for lunch… Except this year, there were 2 extra people w...

#1,587 Church Family Easter.

One of the best things about being a Southerner is that this headline appears every Easter on the front page of the town newspaper, and that’s not ...