My daughter and I visited a National Historic Site that we would have missed had she not been invited to speak to a genealogy group on The Southern Recipe Restoration Project, which she edits and... Read more >>

Day 1 Pull out of the driveway at 10:00 am as planned with boyfriend. Was I out of my mind thinking I could sustain a 6 hour road trip???!!!! Boyfriend wouldn’t stop for lunch—had to... Read more >>

We are headed to Georgia—just down the road, a little over seven hundred miles, twelve hours to my parent’s front door, ten and a half if the weather is good, my husband is driving, and... Read more >>

I love reading something that makes me think of things in a new way. It happened this week. There’s a fictional character in a book I’m reading. He’s the police chief of LA. He is... Read more >>

In 1988, then Texas Governor Ann Richards gave the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Buenas noches, mis amigos! I am... Read more >>