Posted on Tuesday,March,10,2009 by bamasteelmagnolia
Lonesome Dove
By Beverly Hicks Burch
Spring is around the corner and daylight savings time has “sprung forward”. (I hate loosing that hour!) That’s a clear sign things will soon be turning warmer and we’ll see changes all around us. Days are becoming longer and I’ve detected the return of certain little friends.
As kids we were [...]
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Posted on Thursday,October,16,2008 by bamasteelmagnolia
Just up this evening and ready is the latest at Around the Block – with the Bamasteelmagnolia: Rebirth – Birds of a Feather. This is a story about part of my life…and quilting.
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Posted on Tuesday,June,24,2008 by bamasteelmagnolia
Spring Sprung…and Summer Has Come…
By Beverly Hicks Burch
Well, it happened…spring sprung and left us. The unrelenting heat of summer is bearing down upon us. This is my least favorite time of the year. I know there are those of you who thrive on the heat…God bless your souls…but, I am not one.
We’ve already had [...]
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Posted on Thursday,January,3,2008 by bamasteelmagnolia
So What’s New…and What’s Old
By Beverly Hicks Burch
It came and went…the very last day of the year. For some reason, I have always found New Year’s Eve to be the gloomiest holiday there is. Don’t ask me why. I can’t quite put my finger on it. Maybe it’s the passing of something you will [...]
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Posted on Friday,October,12,2007 by bamasteelmagnolia
Safari Time
By Beverly Hicks Burch
Grab your khakis and let’s go on a safari. Don’t worry…no animals will be hurt in the process…except maybe the two that are fighting at the foot of my bed…and that darn rooster next door that was crowing way too early this morning…(which begs the question once again, who keeps [...]
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Posted on Wednesday,September,12,2007 by bamasteelmagnolia
The Last Widows of the Confederacy
By Beverly Hicks Burch
It happened on the Friday before Labor Day 2007. Tall and Handsome and I were driving back to Knoxville from another lovely Southern city. We’d been in this city for about two weeks…well at least Scoot, AKA Watson the Wonder dog and I had been in this [...]
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Posted on Saturday,August,4,2007 by bamasteelmagnolia
Are You Surprised?
By Beverly Hicks Burch
The circus continues and it has reached the point that I can no longer keep quiet. Unfortunately, this is the Michael Vick circus and not the Barnum and Bailey variety. There are no clowns in this parade as the circus marches down the main street of America as once [...]
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Posted on Monday,July,16,2007 by bamasteelmagnolia
Chicken Hung Phooey
By Beverly Hicks Burch
It’s been a rough couple of years. It all started a couple of years ago when Tall & Handsome was transferred. We were transferred “back where I come from” to paraphrase the Kenny Chesney song. Yep, it was even East Tennessee. I was really glad to have the chance [...]
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Posted on Wednesday,July,11,2007 by bamasteelmagnolia
You Don’t Say
By Beverly Hicks Burch
I am a hard sell. I don’t know if it’s the Scotch-Irish in me, or a touch of Cherokee. It could even be the frugal German. Better yet, a throw back to the East Tennessee Mountain roots that run deep through my veins. They were hardy, independent, self-reliant stock. [...]
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Posted on Saturday,June,16,2007 by bamasteelmagnolia
There Was Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth
By Beverly Hicks Burch
Ok, I have a confession to make. It’s been a lousy week. I have not been well and we have had a cacophony of disasters to knock on our door one right after another. Some I can talk about, some I can’t.
It started like this…well, [...]
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