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Frank Conlon . . . A Tribute 24 May 2013 | 08:06 am
Frank Conlon . . . A Tribute By Rebecca Carroll I don’t know when I first came to know Frank, but it seems like a hundred years ago even though it was probably in the 1970s. My first husband Doug wor...
Blackberries on Father’s Day 20 Jun 2012 | 11:43 am
Blackberries on Father’s Day ©6/17/2012 by Rebecca Carroll I picked blackberries today. And the fact that it was Father’s Day permeated every stomped down briar and every prick from the thorns. I to...
The Scenic, Deadly State Route 62 27 Jul 2011 | 03:33 pm
The Deadly, Scenic State Route 62 By Rebecca Carroll ©2011 Tennessee State Route 62 is a snaking stretch of 2-lane highway that meanders mostly west to east from Monterey at the edge of the Cumberl...
Serendipity and the Cemetery 21 Jun 2010 | 03:37 pm
Serendipity and the Cemetery Rebecca Carroll © 6/20/10 Today is a bittersweet day. If Dad had lived, he would have celebrated his 59th Father’s Day. And in one of those times when the calendar rev...
The “J” Factor 30 Sep 2009 | 02:55 pm
The “J” Factor My first name does not begin with a “J.” You are probably asking yourself how this could be important. It does not matter; I still look and feel the same as if I had been named Jean or...
Vera Bradley Switch-a-Roo 20 Aug 2009 | 03:58 pm
I was visiting my brother’s family in Georgia. I went to the bathroom, left my purse in the living room. When I returned, there was a Vera Bradley purse the same style as mine but a different pattern–...
The Vera Bradley Plunge & Other Purse Notes 16 Jul 2009 | 09:24 am
There was a time when my purse always matched my shoes–always! This was pre-kids, in my twenties. Of course, after having a baby, who would have time to coordinate shoes and purses? I gave it up for a...
What We Know that Europe Does Not Know – Part 1 11 Jul 2009 | 02:51 pm
To be fair–I am patriotic–I have to write about the good aspects of the great United States as opposed to the good things about Europe. Here’s what we do better: fast food and food courts. We know t...
My Absence 11 Jul 2009 | 02:31 pm
I’ve been telling myself I have to get back to blogging, so here I am. I have been incredibly busy lately–traveling the world–okay, I’m just making it sound better than it was! We had the Europe trip ...
What Europe Knows That We Don’t Know-Part 1 17 Jun 2009 | 02:20 pm
The Romance of Trains! I’ve been saying this for a while. The United States needs to return to train travel. And not just in the big cities. It used to be you could travel a short distance to a train...
