State Representative Rebecca Alexander, as she presented her first bill on the House floor (March 22), updating special education teacher guidelines for codes of conduct — the bill received 97 “yes” votes, 0 “no” votes, with two legislators out for illness. Thank you to Rebecca Alexander, 7th District State Representative…

When I first read this several years ago, it brought a smile to my face. Ok, I’ll admit it….not a smile, but an outright laugh. I hope it makes you laugh today! This showed up on my Facebook timeline several days ago, and comes from the Bangor, Maine, Police Department…

Readers of the Johnson City Press no doubt saw the information about membership in the Rotary Club on the front page of the paper each Friday in May. Stephanie McClellan, who is a Rotarian, made this possible. Thank you, Stephanie! Much of which follows is from a blog I posted…

I can’t remember exactly how I met Nancy Canestrari Williams, but I believe it was thru my good friend, Michele King. I was honored to be co-chair when Michele was chair of the Washington County Foundation, Ballad Health. Nancy and Michele are both delights and I wish I could spend…

I don’t talk about my marriage, short as it was, very much, but if I had stayed married, I would be observing my Silver Wedding Anniversary as I pen this week’s blog. My marriage was cut short not because of death, but because I elected to do so. I was…

Once again, this week’s blog is pretty much a re-post of a blog I posted last fall. COVID restrictions have eased up, but as I type this, gasoline is in short supply in places because of the debacle with the Colonial Pipeline. If you’re looking for a day trip in…

Since many of us are doing our spring cleaning, I am following last week’s guest blog post by Angie Hyche with another blog post you may have seen previously. If you have a wedding dress, veil, cocktail or prom dresses or anything of the sort that you’re thinking of clearing…

I met Ronna-Renee Jackson several years ago when we were both on the board of directors of Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians, headquartered in Knoxville. Over the years, Ronna-Renee and I served together on several committees. We quickly discovered that we were both members of the Junior League. We…

Thank you to Rick Thomason, President of Six Rivers Media, LLC and to Stephanie McClellan, Editor of the Johnson City Press for allowing me to republish the following. It appeared in substantially the same for in the Johnson City Press in November, 2020. My original blog post from April of…