Every time I slip into my three-inch heels, I blow a kiss to the memory of my Great Aunt Alfreda Blanks Gates McGee Franklin. I’ll trust that everyone has the …
Ethel | West Indies Crab Salad
She was 61 and I was 24 when we met at the see and be seen location of Lefleurs Restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi. Dalton and I were writing the first …
Choose Your Adventure | Another Chicken Salad
My granddaughter Pepper said, “Guys. Can you help me catch the lighting bugs? Can you hear them? Gal?” And no I cannot actually hear them, but no doubt they are …
Sing It Sista | Green Tea with Honey and Lemon
Here’s a new one. Before heading to Nashville (I live some 45 minutes south in Columbia), always, always I swoop around the Maury County Courthouse, park and run into Muletown …
Devoted | Milky Way Cake
Back in the day there would be no visible sympathy for the new kid in town. This was a practical lesson for the future. New to town was a good-for-you …
Born 84 Years Apart | French Fries
My people have always tended toward the small talk speculation of who in the family takes after whom. New born babes get the hard line review: “She has her Daddy’s …