We had odd dolls when I was a kid

But at least there wasn’t any gender confusion!  The cover shot is Thumbelina, which didn’t do much but roll her head and legs around.  My Grandmother hated this one, because she said it looked “afflicted.”  I’m not sure exactly what she meant by that, but she wasn’t the prettiest thing, and that weird head-rolling gave […]

The essential Back-to-School Item nobody knows about now

This was definitely on your required list of back-to-school supplies way back when.  “Bring one of your father’s cigar boxes to use as storage for crayons, scissors, etc” I guess it never occurred to anyone that people at your house didn’t smoke cigars – I mean, somebody had to. If you had no male relatives (or […]

Oh, yeah, we’ve heard these before

“I bet those shoes are comfortable”….because they’re UGLY!  If you’ve lived down south, and you haven’t heard some of these, you’re not paying attention.

Technology and Southern folks

I worked in IT for over 20 years, in a really interesting time.  Way back in the dark ages, helped install the first local email system, website, and helped many folks who’d never had a PC before use them.  It was challenging, a lot of work, and really fun. Back when we were getting started […]