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Tammy Reminiscences
Momma’s Swiss Steak It was such a pretty day on Friday and I did not want to spend much time in the kitchen cooking. It’s these early spring days when the sun shines that I love being outside working in the flower gardens getting things ready for new sprouts and buds. I also like to…
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Spencer Matthews is a decade younger than me. His family own Eden Rock on the Caribbean island of St. Barts and he’s well-known for his appearances on “Made in Chelsea,” a reality television show about posh Londoners, living in the historic Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. We both speak a little French and have…
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Let’s talk…Spring brings Strong Roots in Quiet Places Each day we draw nearer to Spring. It’s getting close to planting time. As a reminder, strong roots grow in quiet places. When we admire a strong tree, we usually notice its height, its branches, or the way it spreads shade on a hot afternoon. What we…
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Meatloaf With Tomato Gravy When I was growing up, I thought my Momma was the best cook there ever was! Of course she was raised to help my Mamaw Mac cook for 8 brothers and sisters younger than her and also at the restaurant in the Huntsville Square during the late 1940’s. Momma said she…
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Tooting Our Own Horn In recent weeks, SCN has been proud to receive recognition across two respected platforms, affirming both our creative excellence, for which we’re so proud, and our commitment to responsible journalism. One of those honors came from Metro Creative Connections, a leading digital artistic and design platform serving hundreds of publications nationwide.…
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I remember July 16, 1999. No one who experienced that could forget it, or the wall of media coverage that rivaled the death of Diana, Princess of Wales two years before. For two families, it must have been a living nightmare, as helicopters hovered over familiar water and perpetual news footage looped to feed a…
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Let’s talk… The Health Benefit We Rarely Talk About: Grace We live in a culture of constant measurement. Steps counted. Calories tracked. Productivity evaluated. Even rest is scheduled. We are taught to improve, optimize, and correct. Yet one of the most important contributors to mental, emotional, and even physical health is rarely mentioned: grace. Grace…
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Foreigners, Outsiders, and What to Do By Ethan Cotton If you read that headline, you might think you’re going to see a rant about the scourge of outsiders on a small mountain town that wishes to be left alone. But that would be ridiculous, and yet some people would have those beliefs. The reality is…
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Let’s talk…Opening a door: What the Bible story of Lydia teaches us. Sometimes when reading the Bible, you come across a few interesting lines that have a huge implication on how to live your life. In a world that feels hurried and divided, it is easy to underestimate the quiet power of simply opening a…
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Over the weekend, I watched the film Wicked: For Good. It came highly recommended by my friend, Brandon, who said it was the closest he had come to the magic of working The Polar Express. Sadly, much as I tried to like it, I found it just as mind-numbingly boring as the original. Having never…
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