Do you know that all I want to do these days is sit near a lazy Tennessee creek with this borrowed Boxer-mix puppy? Is she not heaven? The creek is a few miles from us and runs through the front property of a friend’s house — same friend whose house was flooded in May when [...]

Until this weekend, my spring had been enchanted. The dog and I have been strolling the woods for the necessary breaks, and though dreaded at the night hour, the early morning walks have given me a chance to watch the trees leaf and the wildflowers bloom. I have cursed the ticks, but have drunk in [...]

I am truly wondering why some parents would choose not to diapers their babies, and instead “intuit” when their tiny infants need to eliminate. I have been chasing the new puppy, Buddy, around for five days now, making sure he makes it to the wee wee pads. A whole lot of intuiting going on here, [...]

I spent the day yesterday driving around Nashville, pointing out places of historic interest, like the Parthenon. Places of fame and notoriety: Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge. Places of cool and quirky: I Dream of Weenie. With me was an awesome Cubanita from Miami who is planning to move to Nashville with her husband and 3-year-old son. [...]

Plug and suggestion for Nashvillians looking for an easy, festive, sweet, fun birthday party… Maria celebrated her 6th Birthday at the Nashville Farmer’s Market, a truly wonderful place that reflects the diversity and spirit of this city. A good friend owns Fleur de Lis Flavors, a New Orleans-style snowball and treat shop in the market, [...]

Look what I found while shopping for green face paint and pink sparkly false eyelashes? A Southern Girl wig. Right next to the mullet wig. After I stopped laughing, I thought hey now, I’m a Southern Girl and I am raising a Southern Girl. We’re much classier down here these days, let me tell you. [...]

Fabulous Shoe by Secret-Agent-Mama Shoes are very important at a blog conference. Fabulous shoes. Women blog about their shoes, and post photos, even before they arrive. And, then they compliment and photograph each others shoes. A lot. One person admired the awesome boots I was wearing. I got them at a sample sale held by [...]

Given that you all allowed me to muck the blog up with information about Nashville’s English-Only challenge this past month, I think it’s valuable to offer this follow-up: The financial disclosure is out and 90% of the money that funded the effort to shut down translations in Nashville’s government came from an out-of-state group.  “Nashville [...]

Given that you all allowed me to muck the blog up with information about Nashville’s English-Only challenge this past month, I think it’s valuable to offer this follow-up: The financial disclosure is out and 90% of the money that funded the effort to shut down translations in Nashville’s government came from an out-of-state group.  “Nashville [...]

You can imagine how good I feel. I’ll leave it at that.  A couple of news links here and here. “About 10 percent of Nashville’s nearly 600,000 people speak a language other than English in their homes, according to census data. The city is 5 percent Hispanic and home to the nation’s largest Kurdish community and refugees from Southeast [...]