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Latest blog posts from Southern Gal Goes North

For Those Nathan Fillion Fans
Yes, I've come out of lurk mode and am trying to keep both of my blogs going at the same time. It isn't easy. It can be downright hard.And speaking of hard...Nathan Fillion, from the awesome cancelled show, Firefly, is starring in his most masterful piece yet! I swannee! (fanning myself)Here... Read more...
Published 4 days ago

Answer, by Fredric Brown
This is a short, short story written in 1954 by Fredric Brown. Makes you think."Dwan Ev ceremoniously soldered the final connection with gold. The eyes of a dozen television cameras watched him and the subether bore throughout the universe a dozen pictures of what he was doing. He straightened... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Hey Y'all! I'm Back!
Well, I decided to take some time and sit down and write a little bit so y'all won't think I'm dead or something.Lots has been going on up here. I quit the wine business as I was losing money on the whole deal. It was fun, but I just couldn't put all the time into it as I could have. My last wine... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

On Haitus
Hey y'all.Until the summer starts, I am going to continue to be busy, so I am puttng the blog on haitus until I can devote more time to it.I hope you will keep me in mind and check back now and then. As soon as I get to writing again, I will make sure to visit everyone's blog and say howdy.Take... Read more...
Published 5 months ago

I Tell Y'all What...
Stephen King is a frakkin' genius!As a writer, I appreciate his success and envy it as well. I mean, he is a sicko, if you think about it. What must be going through his head to make him think up so many disturbing stories? How can I be just like him?Keep on writing, I guess.Last night I watched... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

New WAHM Website
Hi folks,I've been uber busy lately with my two businesses and life in general and have neglected my blog. I have to admit though, it has to come last right now. I will, however, try to post at least once a week.This time, I would like to bring your attention to a new work at home mom website... Read more...
Published 6 months ago

Spring Break
Hi y'all. I'm sitting here in Louisville, KY, half of the way to my destination in Alabama. It's late, but after driving so far tonight, we are all hyper a bit and need to wind down.Lots of flooding between here and Indianapolis. I could see it even though it was dark. We passed one river and the... Read more...
Published 7 months ago

Busy busy busy
Well, Spring Break is next week and we are headin' down to Bama for some quality family time. Thank God.I am so sick of snow and cold temps. Yick!However, seeing as it is Spring in Alabama, there's no telling if it will be nice or I'll spend the whole week in Grandaddy's storm pit hiding from... Read more...
Published 7 months ago

Y'all Want Fries With That?
Today, as I was sitting in my car at the Micky D's drive-through, I started contemplating fast food joints. Not the food itself, mind you, but the restaurants themselves and how they can vary across the country. For example. Take your everyday, family-owned fast food place. Down south, there are... Read more...
Published 7 months ago

Hep me! Hep Me!
I swear. I must be the most fickle person in the world.I take on a project, say blogging, and mess with it for a couple of years. Then I take on cross stitching like there wasn't anything better on earth. Then I start my own wine business, which I am still in, understand, but I must have been... Read more...
Published 7 months ago

I'm Over the Hill Officially
Yep, I'm 40 today.I wasn't looking forward to turning 40, and had dreaded today more than anything. But, I ended up having a pretty good day. Lots of well-wishes from old friends, the kids in my library classes, the waitress at Famous Dave's BBQ...Anyway, it wasn't the birthday that I was... Read more...
Published 8 months ago

What? Snow Again??
The Cracker Barrel special: "The Mother-in-Law's Suite" birdhouse. Ain't it cute?Just think, in a couple of months, this yard will be green and I'll be planting more flowers! Think positive, Dana...think positive.Since snow is so white and so ...well, blah...I thought I'd capture a little color.... Read more...
Published 8 months ago