Legalese — Mothering Your Mother
This is Part One in a Series. Look for Part Two next week. As the mother of minor children, I have absolute authority to tell them what they can and cannot do, when and where […]
Opinion
Legalese — An Audience With The Queen
Imagine this. Because you are an all around super awesome person, you have been granted an audience with the Queen. Yes, Queen Elizabeth II of England has sent you a personal invitation to drink tea […]
Cussing Miss Daisy
Jason Brooks wrote recently of a “Vicious Old Person” whose foul-mouthery belied her “sweet old granny” appearance. In addition to using racial slurs, she also dropped an f-bomb or two, all said conspiritorially to Jason […]
Vicious Old People
I’m normally a fan of older people. I believe that wisdom comes with gray hair, and that if some of my generation would slow down long enough to listen to the generations that preceded us, […]
The Friday Rant!!!
It’s that time again folks: The Friday Rant! Time to let out everything that’s been eating at you all week! The same 3 rules apply: 1) No name calling, business or personal. 2) Even if […]
Does sparing the rod spoil the child?
Is it OK to spank a child or are other forms of discipline a better way to go? According to a study recently published in Pediatrics, it is not a good idea to spank a […]
Legalese — Why Are There So Many Different Courts?
Walton County has, as of the last decennial census (2010) a population of 83,000. So why, people have asked me, does it seem like Walton County has approximately 83,000 different Courts? What do all […]
Halloween Means Becoming A Kid Again
I love Halloween. Always have. It’s the one time of the year that being a nerd isn’t a social crime. As a kid, I remember well getting to live out one of my greatest dreams: […]