Category: Southern Thing Columns

Below is an excerpt from a column that appeared on It's a Southern Thing (SouthernThing.com). To go directly to the full column, click here. Not long ago, I mentioned the word "trifle" in a column. As in, the dessert kind of trifle. I don't get to have it often but it is definitely a favorite… Continue reading What is a Southern trifle and why is it called that?

Below is an excerpt from my column that was original published on SouthernThing.com. Click here to be directed to the full column. When I was at Auburn University, I went out with a guy in a fraternity for a couple of weeks (the brothers put a hose through a window and played slip-n-slide down the… Continue reading Why Southerners say ‘fixin’ to’

Below is an excerpt from a column that appeared on It's a Southern Thing (SoutherThing.com). To be immediately directed to the full column, click here. When I was at Auburn University, I went out with a guy in a fraternity for a couple of weeks. (The brothers put a hose through a window and –… Continue reading Here’s why Southerners say ‘fixin’ to’

Below is an excerpt of a column that originally appeared on It's a Southern Thing. Click here to be redirected to the full column now. Sweetums may be going through a midlife crisis. Thankfully, he has no interest in flashy sports cars so he’s changing things up by … becoming an actor. Yep. He recently… Continue reading My burly 6-foot-7 hubby wants to star in a Hallmark Christmas movie and I’m so confused

Below is an excerpt from last week's column on It's a Southern Thing. To be directed to the full column now, click here. There’s a reason they’re called “junk drawers,” y’all, so let’s stop trying to “organize” them. When we moved into a new house a year ago, one designed specifically to meet our needs,… Continue reading There’s a reason they’re called ‘junk drawers,’ y’all