I’ve always liked to play games. Board games, card games, dominoes, you name it. Even today, I’m much more likely to play Monopoly or Risk online than any of the current crop of video games. One of my favorites from my teenage years was one called Masterpiece. Do you remember it? It was an art auction game with a variety […]
Watching television in the 21st century is sure different than it was back in the 20th century. And I’m not talking about the plethora of viewing options that are available—that is, not what we watch but how we watch. Television used to be in the driver’s seat. If you needed to use the bathroom, you waited until the commercial. If […]
Bless his heart, Donald Trump just can’t catch a break this week, much less an honest to goodness win. Had Trump’s losing streak not begun with the Democrats winning the House last November, we would never have had a Michael Cohen hearing before that body’s Oversight committee, which provided telling glimpses of what may be in store with other high […]
Family stories are the best. And Southern family stories are practically an art form. Of course, some of the more lurid ones don’t get talked about much, and certainly not in detail, but more benign stories are told and retold until they become family lore. My aunt Faye loved to talk about our Native American ancestry. Now, not to put […]
It started as soon as we got to baggage claim in Washington on Wednesday of last week. As most of the people I could see were wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, or were with someone who was, or were just wearing sweat suits in camouflage, a wave of anxiety started to roll over me. It didn’t get any […]
So here’s the deal. I’m meeting a friend for lunch, and she’s running a little late. The restaurant is not very busy, just a couple of ladies at a nearby table. After ordering a cup of coffee, my ears prick up when the word of the day bangs against my eardrum from one of the ladies. Inauguration. Now I was […]
Based on some of the comments that came across my Facebook feed following Meryl Streep’s Golden Globes speech, I may be in the minority when I say I love it when celebrities get all political. It’s highly entertaining. Having sold a part of themselves on the personal level to get where they are, we the public feel we own a […]
Please allow me a bit of an indulgence with this week’s column. (As if you don’t every week.) But this is the evening of our anniversary, so that has rather been at the top of my mind today. It’s not one of those milestone anniversary years ending in zero and, therefore, not significant enough to warrant something like a reception. […]
We just threw together a few of Craig’s most delightful moments! Enjoy!
I just wrote a column with the title “The Winter of Our Discontent.” It had references to Shakespeare, Steinbeck, Bertha Bumiller and Regina Giddens, but it was just a little dark. Okay, it was very dark. I realized I had to rethink it when I found myself threatening to pull a Cher to slap someone out of it. And this […]
