This must be the place: Ode to the Futurebirds, ode to the ‘Heavy Weights’ of life

Last Thursday evening was a pure and present justification of why music (especially when performed live) has such an extremely deep and intricately intrinsic (and lifelong) hold on my heart and soul. 

Partner content: Rice Alternatives

Question: My husband’s favorite dish is a Cheddar Chicken with broccoli and rice casserole. Are there better choices with rice to make this healthier? 

Happy Holly Days

Editor’s note: This is a re-print of a column that originally ran in 2022.

There are many different plants that Appalachian mountainfolk have used for centuries in their decorations and celebrations on or around the winter solstice. 

Viewing the holidays from a different lens

Like everything in life, the holiday season is about perception. On one hand, you can view it as a commercialized frenzy or you can see it as a time to slow down and reflect, or maybe a little of both. I tend to fall in the combined category, but it hasn’t always been that way. 

The meaningful moments that make memories

(I started writing a Thanksgiving column, paused a moment, did a Google search and realized that I had shared this memory 10 years ago. It was published in this newspaper on Dec. 3, 2014. Hope it’s still worth a read.)

Moments, mostly the ones unplanned, are the stuff of important and lasting life memories. 

All different, all the same, all over again

Once upon a Christmas, our children came creeping down the stairs before dawn like little burglars.

How to be the best gift giver

Are you a good gift … receiver?

Sponsored: Food gifts for the holidays

There are so many options at your local Ingles Markets to put together a fun, food themed gift for friends, co-workers, students in dorms, or family. 

Women are allowed to change their mind, right?

You have been together a month, maybe two. It was whirlwind and all, that electric “getting to know you” phase when every single thing is new and fascinating and terrifying because this just might be it.

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