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Free and Easy
I am not a good bargain shopper. I have friends who are. They thrill at the hunt of finding a deal. Those stores, you know the ones, that advertise department ...
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Priority Woman
The need to take care of everybody else or to be perfect--or at least, to be what everyone expects you to be all the time--seems to be characteristically, though not ...
Girl About Town
Old and New
"Make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other gold." So goes the song we learn as children. In my adult life, I've found that it's ...
Girl About Town
Spring Forward
Mal’s St. Paddy’s Parade feels like the kickoff to spring in Jackson.
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Make Way for the Ladies
Three decades ago, it was just folks in costumes inspired by Tennessee Williams novels and Queens in pickup trucks throwing produce at people during rush hour on a Friday.
Girl About Town
My Neighborhood
I know there is more to the neighborhood in terms of people and places than my narrow experience. Recently, I had an opportunity to explore things that I had no ...
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Lifelong Learning
My friend Brooks and I have a bit of a running joke involving our alma mater, Millsaps College. I love Millsaps dearly and am grateful every day for the education ...
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Giving Hearts
The creative spirit is a strong one; it comes from deep within. That's why so often art creates in the viewer an emotional reaction or impact.
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Cannon-Boteler
One evening, Christina Cannon talked to her friend Kirby Boteler about the things important to her in a partner. "He has to enjoy good food, good wine and have a ...
Girl About Town
Stretching Limits
As we enter the new year, many of us contemplate goals (I don't really like the word "resolutions") to accomplish over the course of the next 365 days.
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See the latest 100darryl A thousand apologies. I should have said, "unfettered government."
May 21, 11:09 p.m. on Open Letter to Jacksonians from Dorothy Triplett
darryl Please believe me when I say that Capitolinsider and myself are not whining. And to think that misery is what ...
May 21, 11:01 p.m. on Open Letter to Jacksonians from Dorothy Triplett
Capitolinsider No, my issues are of governance and an upwardly mobile populous. While I do not like the man due to ...
May 21, 10:50 p.m. on Open Letter to Jacksonians from Dorothy Triplett
darryl Well, you do apparently. And, thank you, I will. From my vantage point outside the Jack-Kush limits, I will greedily ...
May 21, 10:38 p.m. on Open Letter to Jacksonians from Dorothy Triplett
Knowledge06 capitolinsider, your issues are obviously personal. Consequently, that's your problem. You too will be fine in whatever misery you have. ...
May 21, 10:33 p.m. on Open Letter to Jacksonians from Dorothy Triplett
Open Letter to Jacksonians from Dorothy Triplett
By Donna Ladd