Coffee Talk
The following is loosely based on a conversation between my husband and me in our kitchen one...
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OPINION | Rants & Raves
The World in a Window Box
To say Mother Nature’s been temperamental this summer would be an understatement. Unprecedented...
Read MoreStill 80s After All These Years
I’m writing earlier than usual this week, trying to get work off my plate before taking myself on...
Read MoreGrowing Up Barbie
Last Sunday, my husband and I drove to Bluffton to take part in the great American cinematic event...
Read MoreSermon by Johnny Cash
Somebody sent me a very kind email a couple of weeks ago, thanking me for the occasional mention...
Read MoreWatching “1883” in 2023
When it comes to keeping up with pop culture, my husband and I are thoroughly lame. We’re...
Read MoreHappy Fourth?
A dispatch from the Divided States of America Summer is not my favorite writing season....
Read MoreAnother Graduation Address
It’s been a while since I wrote a graduation column. Seven years, to be exact. I reread that old...
Read MoreThe Great American Fake Out
“What do you think about Martha Stewart on the cover of Sports Illustrated?” I asked Jeff while he...
Read MoreFor Mothers Who Are Also Daughters
One of my mother’s oldest friends died yesterday, out of the blue. It’s a regular occurrence these...
Read MoreIf You’re Going to San Francisco
Greetings, dear reader, from a hotel room near the San Francisco airport. We fly home tomorrow at...
Read MoreThen and Now
Lately, I often start my morning by browsing through my “Facebook memories.” I don’t spend nearly...
Read MoreMy Bookcase Runneth Over
Are you writing a book? Have you ever written a book? Do you have any...
Read MoreConfessions of an Amazon Exile
Lately, you hear a lot of complaints about censorship. It’s a big, newsy topic. Conservatives...
Read MoreTrial and Error
Last Thursday I messaged my sister in Charleston, saying, “The Murdaugh trial is ruining my Film...
Read MoreMy Traditional Movie Column
Jeff and I were chatting at Agave Thursday night, having just left the Chamber’s Business After...
Read MoreCringing in Advance
I read a funny, provocative column in the NY Times last week called “Future Cringe.” It posed the...
Read MoreYou Don’t Say
Did you hear about Stanford University’s Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative? Apparently,...
Read MoreTales of Technology
In Alabama over Christmas, I was driving to the childhood home of a dear old friend – a house I’d...
Read MoreScrooge, The Grinch, and Me
Editor’s Note: I first published this column in 2011. I still mean every word. – Margaret ...
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