Last year I explained how, after doubting my cousin Peanut’s claim that we were related to Marie Laveau the Voodoo Queen, I had to eat some crow. While digging into my ancestry, there it was. Marie Adele Laveau was our great-great-great grandma. At first, I was over the moon ecstatic.Continue Reading
A couple of weeks ago when we were out of town I checked in with our pet sitter, Jen. It was about two days before we were due home I think. I wanted to see how Mr. G. was doing. Had he been any more social this time I hoped?Continue Reading
At the end of July, I received an email from someone on the editorial staff at NashvilleVoyager Magazine. In part, it said, “…we’re interviewing local entrepreneurs, creatives and community leaders for our Inspiring Stories series.” She was curious if I’d be interested in participating. Well, technically it was not addressedContinue Reading
Have you ever entered a contest hoping to win anything other than first place? Whoever heard of such a thing, right? I mean, maybe you just hoped to win any of the awards. If you can’t win it’s always thrilling to at least place or show. I know I’ve beenContinue Reading
Several years back, my cousin, who I call Peanut, sent me a Facebook message with incredible news. And I don’t mean incredible in a good way but in a “Yeah, right” unbelievable one. She’d recently gotten into genealogy and thought she’d discovered that we were related to Marie Laveau. UhContinue Reading