I admit it. In the past, I was a Romantic Comedy junkie. (I still really really really like them but have tried to move on to more adultish genres.) (I am sometimes successful at this.) The 80’s and 90’s were a hot bed of Romantic Comedies, and as that paralleled with my impressionable childhood and […]
Just Peel It.
Last week while we were at the beach, we went out to eat. I added a side salad to my dinner as I sometimes do. When it arrived, I went through my all-too-familiar Cycle of Salad Emotions. CYCLE OF SALAD EMOTIONS …The ranch looks homemade and thin…happy! …The tomatoes aren’t completely juiceless crunchy tomato […]
If Only God Had Expounded.
I think we can all agree that God could have been more detailed. I mean sure, He wrote the #1 bestseller of all time and it is QUITE voluminous. But there were some items that He could have really made our lives smoother if He’d fleshed out a bit more. Sprinkle or dunk? Wafers or […]
The Circle of Art.
I’ve never told you guys that I’m a model. (I’m in between jobs right now.) (Like, 22 years in between.) But still. It all started with a family portrait when I was a toddler. William Hallmark was a friend of a friend of my parents. He was a teenager at the time, and quickly becoming […]
A Triad of Short Stories.
Thank You: Private Eye. I received a thank you note in the mail last week. It was addressed to “Mrs. Callahan” and was signed “Mrs. [insert last name I’d never heard before here.]” It was a rather generically written thank you card for a wedding gift that I did not remember giving. In fact, I […]
The Man Who Singlehandedly Saved American Idol.
I feel like I have done my state a disservice by not talking about American Idol this year. After all, three of the TOP SEVEN finalists are from Alabama. They call themselves…Alabama Power. Okay that’s cheesy but my hometown music venue, WorkPlay, even got a shout-out last week! But. Although I’ve enjoyed the Alabama connections […]
Slightly Off Target.
Dear Target, I love you. I really do. I adore your wide aisles, your children’s clothes and shoes, your lack of Walmartian bedlam, your maternity camisoles that actually go over a pregnant belly unlike Motherhood Maternity’s which don’t make it past a gestating ribcage, your pleasingly geometric notebooks and bedspreads and various other pretty things, […]
Solids Are Hard to Come By.
Reassurance: Despite my blogging track record and the implications of the above title, this post is not about potty-training. That one will come later in the week. You’re welcome. So. Last week was a slight bit busy for me. The Picture Birmingham website launch was exhilarating, exhausting, emotionally taxing, anxiety-inducing, overwhelming, and extraordinarily fun. And right […]
Gifts to Characters on Downton Abbey.
Warning: Spoilers Ahead. So you’ve all now finished watching Season Four of Downton Abbey. (Except those of you who are still letting it sit on your DVR, risking at every moment the finale being bumped off for one more episode of Jake and the Neverland Pirates. I hope you’re duly nervous about this very real […]
Ten Steps to a Southern Snowfall.
The unfathomable has happened. We The People of Alabama have gotten two measurable snowfalls in the same winter. I’ve always said that I want to experience one True Northern Snowstorm, but I also believe that every one of you northerners should absolutely experience one True Southern Snowstorm. Because Southerners react to snow with a fantastic […]