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Dreams of her mother

“Where are you going tonight?” Beatrix stood in the bathroom door, watching me tie a belt around a cardigan. My hair was flippy and I wore makeup. She could tell I wasn’t preparing for a night of rolling Little Smokies in canned crescent roll dough.

Last night, I had a dinner with some of […]

Sweet South Getaway

Cotton grown in patch at Anne Close Greenway, Fort Mill, SC

I am home from a whirlwind trip to Charlotte, Fort Mill, Charleston, and Folly Beach. My sister and her family have lived there for well over a decade. About six months ago, I won an Orbitz contest at Facebook. I got free […]

Gretchen on a plane

When you think about flying, it’s nuts really. Here you are at about 40,000 feet, screaming along at 700 miles an hour and you’re sitting there drinking Diet Pepsi and eating peanuts. It just doesn’t make any sense. ~David Letterman

I am out of here for the weekend, hopping on a jet for a little […]