Tag: Blog Post

In our house, Sweetums does all the cooking. In fact, I’m not really welcome in the kitchen unless it’s to do my share of meal-making, which means doing the dishes, or to attach a magnet collected on our travels to the front of the fridge. So on Saturday, when I needed to make my dad’s… Continue reading Getting compliments from Sweetums is like finding sweet tea on a New York menu

Here's a different kind of post for today. I was doing some research and came across some images I'd forgotten about, the Library of Congress collection of the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South. If you love grand old homes like I do, check them out. Library of Congress says of the photos,… Continue reading A look at vintage photos from the gorgeous Architecture of the South collection

The story below of the deadly stubbed toe is excerpted from my book "Hidden History of Tennessee." Jack Daniel is one of the most well-known names in the country. But not as many know Jasper Newton Daniel, which was Jack’s birth name. Jack was famous for the whiskey he created and, even today, Lynchburg, Tennessee,… Continue reading Do you know which historical figure died from a stubbed toe?

You know it’s Friday the 13th when … Your stepson brings you a box of – not even kidding – Jason Voorhees cereal. (You remember him -- villain of the Friday the 13th films.) Get it? He’s a “cereal” killer. Yeah. It came with a little tiny Jason figure as a “prize.” I know you're jealous. You… Continue reading You know it’s Friday the 13th when …