I’ve been having so much fun reading through all the entries in my newsletter giveaway. If you got the newsletter, any email in answer to it got you an entry, but for fun I asked people to come up with things to add to my Parting Shots of ways that might prove you are a country girl. And boy, …
The Persimmon Pucker
So you’re a country kid taking a walk in the autumn months and come across a persimmon tree. Older and wiser people are walking along with you and tell you that you have to try tasting one of those persimmons. You note their smile, but you’re a kid and you do want to try everything at least once, right? So …
Birthdays are Good for You
Why are birthday’s good for you? Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest! (Larry Lorenzoni) I’m guessing in the picture above where I’m sitting in the lap of my very fashionably dressed big sister while my cousin and my other sister posed for the camera that I had not yet had my first birthday. But I …
Signs You Might Be a Country Girl
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne Do you remember those “You might be a redneck” jokes made popular by Jeff Foxworthy? He had a bunch of them. Even had books of them. Well, lately, I’ve been thinking about things that …