Whatever happened to the things my momma told me what a lady always wears/does/doesn’t do? Just this morning at church–yeah, I go to church on Sundays–I saw a young lady with a white skirt on and underneath…well, I’m not sure, but I know she didn’t wear a slip. Some of this up-and-coming generation don’t even know what […]
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Whatever happened to the things my momma told me what a lady always wears/does/doesn’t do? Just this morning at church–yeah, I go to church on Sundays–I saw a young lady with a white skirt on and underneath…well, I’m not sure, but I know she didn’t wear a slip. Some of this up-and-coming generation don’t even know what […]
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I’m a second namer. My parents named me Mary Patricia, but nicknamed me Pat. My younger brother called me Patsy, and my teachers called me Patricia. There was a time around eighth grade when I wouldn’t answer to any name but Mary Patricia. Now I write and direct plays under the name Pat Hornsby Crochet, […]
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Sometimes I wonder why I’ve chosen the path my life has taken. I figure if God had wanted me to do something else, like being a scientist or something important like that, I’d have had a whole lot more science or math brain cells than I have. My talents run toward the artistic rather than […]
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Cell phones. We love ’em. Play games on them. Take photos with them. Keep our friends’ and family’s phone numbers in them. And now we can even bank with them. There are a dizzying number of apps for cell phones. Blackberry, iPhone, or smart phone, practically everyone has one, but not everyone needs one. KWIM? Walk […]
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