Lifestyles

Be thankful for not getting lost

Dark was settling in when we arrived back home with my grandmother in tow. We, Mama and me, ...

Lifestyles

The love and caring of quilts

Few of us today have an opportunity to experience the warmth and love of a hand-sewn cotton quilt. ...

Lifestyles

What veteran really means

I used to think of veterans as balding men who rode in parades and gathered at barbecues and ...

Jaine Treadwell

Don’t Be Tellin’ No Stories!

Don’t you be tellin’ me no story now,” my grandma would say. “I’ll get a switch after you ...

Lifestyles

Goblins will get you

These late October nights, I let my thoughts go back to those cherished times when the fire was ...

Lifestyles

Never fish with a dead cricket

Evidently, the man in the pickup truck in front of me had never been schooled on what to ...

Lifestyles

Thoughts on Ma Bell and the cell

Daddy called Mama, “Ma Bell.” And for good reason. Mama was a talented talker. What she did before ...

Lifestyles

Back to a kinder, simpler world

On the kitchen wall, I have a wooden plaque a friend made for me. There’s a little pigtailed ...

Lifestyles

Bowled over!

Been bowling yet? The question was teasing. The answer was surprising. No, I have not been bowling at ...

Lifestyles

Lessons learned under the water hose

Sanding in the Dollar General the other day. I noticed the garden supplies were buy-one get the second ...

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