Vivien Leigh is most remembered for giving two of the best performances ever caught on film. Despite being British, she won her Oscars playing two very different daughters of the American South. Her Scarlett O’Hara is a tenacious survivor who will stop at nothing to get what she wants in Gone with the Wind, ending the film with the famous […]
Vivien Leigh is most remembered for giving two of the best performances ever caught on film. Despite being British, she won her Oscars playing two very different daughters of the American South. Her Scarlett O’Hara is a tenacious survivor who will stop at nothing to get what she wants in Gone with the Wind, ending the film with the famous […]
Some dogs have a way of making every room feel a little happier. Alfie is one of them. At just over a year and a half old, this 110-pound heartthrob has already mastered the art of winning people over. With his handsome tan and black coat, bright eyes, and signature grin, Alfie has the kind of face that practically guarantees […]
Narcissus was the incredibly beautiful child of a nymph and a river god, according to mythology. He rejected all advances from both women and men (men as well, of course, as this is a Greek story). One day, a thirsty Narcissus leaned down to drink from a pool of water and saw himself, immediately falling in love with his own […]
Some dogs walk into a room and immediately take over. Teddy does the opposite. He settles in quietly, flashes that tongue-out smile and somehow ends up winning everyone over anyway. At seven years old and 122 pounds, Teddy is a true gentle giant. With his gray muzzle, kind eyes and easygoing personality, he has the look of a dog who […]
We were a game-playing family. Not just on holidays, but almost anytime we got together. Board games, card games, dominoes, all sorts of games. When I was the youngest in the family, I think I started playing as soon as I could hold my share of Old Maid cards in my hand. I progressed to Go Fish, which has a […]
If one is a connoisseur of fine wines, which decidedly I am not, a person could speak knowledgeably about a particular vintage, its bouquet, and its undertones. That kind of discrimination is something to be admired in most cases, that is when it’s not just showing off. Similarly, there are other discriminating tastes one might have or acquire for art or literature, let’s say. But then there’s that other kind […]
Meet Marowak, a two-year-old Siberian Husky mix with movie-star eyes, a playful streak and a serious case of wanderlust. At 43 pounds, he is a little more compact than your average Husky, but what he lacks in size he more than makes up for in personality. Marowak approaches life with enthusiasm. A new trail? He’s interested. A weekend road trip? […]
When reproached by Suellen O’Hara that her treatment of Mr. Kennedy and his infestation of “crawlin’ clothes” was humiliating, Mammy clapped back, “You’d be a sight more humiliated if Mr. Kennedy’s lice gets on ya.” Of course, that’s from Gone with the Wind, and the subject is worth expounding upon all these years later. I mean humiliation, but not necessarily […]
After months of teasing, bumping, grinding, and more than a little tassel twirling, Trump went full monty this week by endorsing Attorney General Ken Paxton over Senator John Cornyn in the race for the Republican nomination for the U. S. Senate seat that Cornyn currently holds. Well, maybe not full monty as Trump is continuing to tease J. D. Vance […]
Have you ever seen a full-grown woman speak of her father in a way that belies the grandmother she is now as she reveals the Daddy’s girl that she has always been? Or the man who talks of his mother as though she might appear from the next room when she has been resting in her grave for decades? Emily […]
