Winter in the south resembles spring on some days, surprising you with warmer temperatures before plummeting to freezing 24 hours later....

Does winter weather change your diet? Cool days and frosty nights alter mine. I exchange vegetable soup for salads and hot tea for ice...

Label 2022 as the year of the pinecone. I’ve never seen so many in my yard. Surrounded predominantly by hardwoods, I questioned how the...

As a thank you to my newsletter subscribers, I’m giving away several Callie Smith Grant books featuring my true animal stories. If you’re...

On the very first Christmas, my True Love gave to me and the whole world His only Son. May your holiday season include Him and overflow...

On the week before Christmas, my true love gave to me a partridge in a pear tree. Correction—make that a Great Horned owl in a hickory...

On the second week before Christmas, my true love gave to me a chauffeured trip to pick up last minute holiday items. I’m talking front...

On the third week before Christmas, my true love gave to me new screens for my porch. While not an item on most folks’ Christmas wish...

On the fourth week before Christmas, my true love gave to me—a gaggle of turkeys. No, he didn’t smoke multiple birds for Thanksgiving...

On the fifth week before Christmas, my true love gave to me—a laundry basket full of dirty clothes. No, I’m not kidding, and I added mine...

If you’re the type of person who never misplaces anything, I’m happy for you. No one in my house qualifies for such an impressive...

Food and football added to fall equal fun. A tailgate favorite of my family includes homemade chili and all the trimmings. While some...

After sweet gum trees shed brilliant red star-shaped leaves in the fall, their reputation takes a nose dive. Well, more like a ground...

If forced to choose between fall and spring colors, I claim the Fifth Amendment and refuse to answer. When spring flowers declare...

I’m behind on my spring cleaning, say about ten years. But all regrets vanished when I discovered procrastination generates more options....

If you love cats, celebrate the love and fun they bring to our lives by reading The Cat in the Christmas Tree, edited by Callie Smith...

Sunny skies and pleasant temperatures lured me outside every day this week. After a sizzling hot summer, I welcomed fall in the...

If you think Rocky Road only applies to an ice cream flavor, you need to visit Windrock Park in Oliver Springs, Tennessee. Billed as...

This fall season consider a ride on the wild side—wild as in nature. If you’re planning to be near the Great Smoky Mountains National...

If you’re sneezing, coughing, and blowing your nose this time of year, ragweed might be the culprit. Think you can run or hide from it?...