by Leslie Sholly | Jan 1, 2014 | cooking, Deep Thoughts, food, The South
It’s New Years Day and y’all know what that means, right? Black-eyed peas and greens, at least for us Southerners. As long as I can remember, my mother forced us to eat at least one bite of black-eyed peas each New Years Day, “For luck,” she...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 30, 2013 | Catholicism
I made my first Holy Communion during Advent 1974, and that was the processional song. It’s the first time I remember hearing it–at any rate it’s when I learned the words–and so hearing it this time of year has a little bit of extra...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 29, 2013 | cooking, food, Parenting
The NaBloPoMo wagon, that is. But, y’all, this week has been brutal. First there was the all-nighter. Jake got his paper done. Emily bagged on us around 3 a.m. I stayed up and up and up. For those of you who have heard me rant about helicopter parenting,...
by Leslie Sholly | Nov 10, 2013 | family
So my baby girl turned NINE today! Lorelei wanted to have a party for some of her school friends, and she came up with the theme on her own: a “fashion” party. The main event was manicures and makeovers provided by her big sister, followed by a pinata,...
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 16, 2013 | Deep Thoughts, family, marriage, Parenting
It’ no news to me that my stats for this thing are way, way down. And it’s no wonder, given the irregularity and infrequency of posts here lately. Now I knew I wouldn’t be able to post much during the craziness that was most of April and all of May....