Greg, an old high school friend of mine, posted a silly photo on Instagram the other day in which he had a white mailing envelope perched on his head. I commented that it looked like a dunce cap and it suddenly occurred to me that very few people refer to dunce caps anymore (and they… Continue reading The ironically brilliant tale of the dunce cap
Author: Kelly Kazek
Life is too short to wear bad bras and other things you learn in middle age
The excerpt below is from a column originally published on SouthernThing.com. To read the full column, click here or click the link at the end of the excerpt. Mamas are full of great advice – how would we make it through childhood without it? We grew up knowing things like how to act in public… Continue reading Life is too short to wear bad bras and other things you learn in middle age
See the gorgeous historic houses of Lexington, Ky., including the Mary Todd Lincoln home
Lexington, Ky., is a pretty city. Sweetums and I visited last year and enjoyed our walking tour of sites related to Mary Todd Lincoln’s family. I posted about a couple of sites since then but I am just now getting around to showing you some photos of the historical homes we visited. The most historically… Continue reading See the gorgeous historic houses of Lexington, Ky., including the Mary Todd Lincoln home
I don’t mind being called Sweetie or Honey … or Schmootzie Pie
Following is an excerpt of a column on the South's love of edible endearments originally posted on SouthernThing.com. To read the column in full, click here or click the link at the end of the excerpt. Come over here and give me some sugar. Not that kind, y’all. I’m talking about the kind we in… Continue reading I don’t mind being called Sweetie or Honey … or Schmootzie Pie
The murders of ‘devil worshippers’ at Corpsewood Manor
This is the second part of my story about the murders of Corpsewood Manor in Georgia. Click here to read Part 1. As many times as I’d heard about the Corpsewood Manor murders – I’d even watched a true crime show on TV about them – I’d never heard the full details of the trial… Continue reading The murders of ‘devil worshippers’ at Corpsewood Manor
