The Bucket WomanI’m a huge fan of the 1990s British sitcom “Keeping Up Appearances,” starring Patricia Routledge as consummate social climber Hyacinth Bucket. Oh, and that’s...
Tale of the Catchy PhraseApril is a lovely and distinctive month in the Dallas. Lawns are shedding their winter doldrums and treating everyone to the beauty of renewal. It’s the time...
The Good Old DaysWhen exactly were The Good Old Days? To hear some tell it, in The Good Old Days everyone always told the truth, paid their debts, used good manners, were pun...
Those Texas Baby BluesWhen the bluebonnets carpet Texas roadsides and fields each spring, every parent or grandparent with a cell phone is on the lookout for the best patch to tak...
Homeownership–A Love StoryIt’s February, and naturally our thoughts turn to love. Like all good love stories, the ones that grow with time are the best. In 1965, my husband, Bryant, b...
Why We Make, and Fail, Our New Year’s Resolutions Every New Year’s, we embrace all the possibilities the next 12 months place before us by making resolutions. We promise ourselves we’ll live better, be kinde...