Bringing Design Home to Smith County
Smith County native Stephanie McCaleb is making her mark in the design world, one room, one house, one storefront at a time. Stephanie attended Smith County High School and…
Compassionate Hands finds Permanent Home
Since 2012 Compassionate Hands has been helping the unhoused in Wilson County. In 2020, this much needed local charity found a permanent space and it could not have come at…
Thank you Blake Leonard
By Angel Kane So most Sundays, I sit and write my articles. The columns Becky and I pen are not Pulitzer Prize-winning prose but just something meant for fun and fluff.…
None to spare…
By Angel Kane So the flu has hit the Kane household. Like many we know, our youngest was diagnosed with Type A influenza. And given all the dire news reports,…
Red Dawn – The Sequel
By Angel Kane There has been lots of talk lately about how the Russians may have covertly interceded with our elections. Hitting close to home, there is even talk that…
Be The Change
Recently I was in a work meeting, and it seemed everyone in attendance was in a funk. It was not a work-related funk, but a general “life as we know…
Healthy Living
I’m a sucker for anything holistic. Some of my first memories are of my grandmother giving me a big, heaping spoon of cod liver oil right before bed, followed by…
The Purge
This weekend, we did something that all family’s dread. I had put it off long enough but finally marched up those stairs. It had to be done! I knew it. and…
My Perfectly Perpendicular Box
If you were to look up the word “uptight” in the dictionary, front and center would be a photo of yours truly. And, in that picture, I’d be sitting in…
The Perks
I’ve been so forlorn lately with the prospect of No. 2 heading off to college after this school year that I almost completely forgot about No. 3. And then I…
What Will They Be?
Do you ever wonder what your child will be when they grow up? When I was young, I wanted to be either an actress or an archeologist. Considering I never…
School Year Pledge
School has started, and, to be honest, I’m a little melancholy. Most years, I’m glad to return my kids to school. And I don’t mean just glad, I mean ecstatic,…
A Charged Household
Like many of you, my husband and I pay for the lights to turn on in the house. We pay for the food in the fridge, the water that comes…
Face Your Fear
They say the only way to get over a fear is to face it. I don’t know who actually said that, but whoever it was, has obviously never been on…
Snoop Got Snooped
I’m a firm believer in snooping. My kids are fully aware. If your phone is where I can get to it, I’ll go through it to see what you’re up…
Some Like It Hot
Years ago, my friend Becky and I talked about opening a Hot Yoga Studio. We had attended a few sessions in Nashville and were sure this was our next calling.…
Holding Down the Fort
A few weeks back, Brody and I and the kids went out to dinner. It was one final meal before he and the girls left for Nicaragua on their mission…
Telling Tales: Lessons Learned
Graduation is almost upon us. That said, I’m pulling one of my favorite columns out of the vault. Having written this article almost two years ago, I now know our…
Gone But Not Forgotten
I can stare at this photo for hours. A few years ago, I had it blown up and hung in the waiting area of our law office. And whenever I…
Mother of the Prom Date
When my husband proposed to me, we were at Olive Garden. We had eaten there before. I loved their never ending salad bowl. He asked me to marry him. I…