Category: Small Potatoes and Tuesdays @ the Piggly Wiggly

“All rise!” When a presiding judge enters a courtroom, the bailiff insists that we stand to our feet and remain standing until the judge is seated. This is out of respect for the dignity of the robe. We stand when we pledge allegiance to our flag and when we sing our national anthem out of […]

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Before there was Amazon.com, there was the Sears and Roebuck catalog. Some of you remember it. The Big Book came early once a year and sometime in the fall the Christmas Wish Book would arrive.  Oh, the joy! I would sit for hours and covet every item in there. That was our way, in my […]

Here in Middle Tennessee, we’ve had a lovely fall. The changing of the leaves has produced some beautiful vistas this year. Out our back door are a few deciduous trees. One tree, a maple, I think, was particularly lovely. Most afternoons, we’d sit outside and marvel at its beauty…until a strong wind sent most of […]

In early 1941, our country was only a few months away from being drawn into World War II after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  President Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, was adamant that the USA not cower to “war lords” or to the pagan interests of oppressive regimes. Strong language […]

Life Is Too Short… How would you finish that sentence?  Here are some responses I found: “The only rule is don’t be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.” Paris Hilton “Life is too short to live on low-fat everything.” Actress Kristin Scott Thomas“Life is too short to […]

“Saved alone…” That’s the news on the telegram sent by a grieving wife to her husband, Horatio Spafford. Spafford was a successful lawyer in Chicago in the mid-1800’s. During the great Chicago fire of 1871, Spafford lost a lot of property he had owned. The stress of the loss prompted Horatio and his family to […]

What do people think about when they hear your name?  Well, if your name is Sybil Ludington they probably look confused or shrug in indifference. But when your name is Paul Revere, images come to mind of a dramatic, solitary, heroic, midnight, horseback ride made to warn the American patriots that “the British are coming.” […]