Two Steps At A Time
Byline: Stacy Appel Six months after my mother died, I happened to fall in love. First with a movie and then a band and finally, an entire culture. There was a man, too, in the end, but he was only a...
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Byline: Susi Gregg Fowler I grew up in Juneau, Alaska, with mountains as my backyard, but it is both easy and dangerous to be too cocky around these mountains. Any idiot knows that, but not...
View ArticleLove's Unfolding
Byline: Stephanie Hunt Promiscuous socks go tumbling around, playing footsie, always exiting the dryer with a different partner than the one they went in with. Shirts turn inside out, just to spite...
View ArticleDr. Mary Says
Byline: Nikki Hardin Dr. Mary says I have issues about you that I need to work on,” my daughter Jennifer announces after we’ve been talking on the phone for a few minutes. Screw Dr. Mary and the couch...
View ArticleWhen The Heart Is Not Quite A Home
Byline: Wilson Diehl My future husband didn’t understand why I was stalling. Within months of our meeting, my cat, my upright mixer, and the better part of my shoe collection lived with him, but I...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Nurseries
Byline: Andrea Gallagher The room at the top of the stairs has served many purposes, but I’m not sure it was ever meant to be a nursery. It started out as a little boy’s room, but when the little boy...
View ArticleThe Delicious Issue - November 2013
Publication Date: 2013-11Byline: Nikki Hardin, Publisher I am a person who yearns to throw memorable dinner parties. You know the kind in books and movies—wine bottles littering the rustic table,...
View ArticleCupid's at it again!
Byline: Betsy Cribb This year, be your own Valentine! Love yourself, and you will shine. Smart Girl shows you how to spread the love.read more
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