Archive - 2011 - Lifestyle News
Hurray! We made it through another year â full of ups and downs and resolutions long forgotten. What happened in 2011, stays in 2011.
My clock ticks on the âole 100 year old antique desktop of a former Mississippi State University presidentâs desk. I am in our downstairs art studio. I hear the ticking at 12:15 a.m. on Nov. 29.
December 27th
Not long ago, a family friend and reader suggested that I attempt to do a column that would define the concept of comfort food. âAttemptâ was not the word he used â that vocabulary was of my own choos
Well, I ate entirely too much over the Christmas holiday. On such unspeakable items as a dip consisting of two kinds of cheese to multiple slices of chess pie, I overindulged.
December 24th
By
Don Vaughan - Vaughanâs Vocabulary
Recently I researched the background of one of my favorite carols. A wine merchant in Roquemaure, France, who served as mayor of that town, was asked to write a poem for the Christmas Eve mass.
By
Carole McReynolds Davis - Contributing Columnist
Christmas is a time of the year that we bustle around getting ready for the big day, Dec. 25. We experience strenuous activity as we get everything together for the most beloved holiday of our year.
By
Emily Jones - Deluded Diva
Every year at Christmastime, IÂ start showing signs of homesickness â even if Iâm already at home.