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 …
Dessert Phantoms | Angel Food Lemonade Cake
That dessert. Just like a spring released mechanism, my body sat up in bed to absorb the pitchness of the hour. I claimed the culprit: disruptive late night calories taken …
Sardine Therapy | A Simple Lunch
During Easter luncheon this year, our host invited all at the table to tell a personal detail of which others would be surprised. The truth is I love the idea …
How to Stop and Evaluate Your Own Behavior |Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad
I’ve never met Colonel Littleton in person. He might know my credit card number though. He is a specialty in every way – his look, his handcrafted products and his …
Carlene Cater Blanks | Candied Violets
While plotting a plan during my jangling twenties, I happened upon a pair of oil paintings over a friend’s fireplace in Texas. Blinking I edged toward the familiar subject matter …
Resolute Reading | Nuts to Snack Upon
Books are a uniquely portable magic. Stephen King A short week after my mother’s life was stilled by an embolism, I had a technicolor dream where, as protagonist, she starred …
Home Baker Serves Up Family Jewels
printed in The Clarion Ledger – Jackson, Mississippi This time last year I was cranking up a long-winded baking chat with Sheree Rose Kelley. Her husband Alton, CEO of Belle …
About-face | Edwina’s Bolts & Nuts
The only way I can describe it is a tiny shift in perception. The soft feeling was born from time spent in solitude, more and longer stints than ever in …
Ancestor Art | Marceline’s Shish Kabobs
My architect grandfather R.B. McKnight knew a lot about a lot of things and was productive in pursing interests across the glorious gamut. Each evening with cocktail in hand, he …
She Brings in the Sheaves | Harvest Supper for UM Museum
My Yazoo City grandfather was democratic in the way he provided educational activities for his grandchildren. Field trips to museums in the vicinity were mandatory. On separate occasions while under …