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Ode to Mrs. Dennis

May 18 | 6:21 AM | Comments (1)

(Editor’s note: Meredith Leigh Knight wrote this column with “a little help from her educated daughter.”)

Don't barter with me

Posted 5/18/2012 | Comments (0)

I recently held a yard sale, against my will.

Sweet summer time

Posted 5/11/2012 | Comments (0)

As I tucked my son into bed the other night, he bemoaned the fact that tomorrow was yet another school day.

My lucky day

Posted 5/4/2012 | Comments (0)

Eleven years ago today, an angry wife glared at her husband and said, “Never again!”

The inner mommy war

Posted 4/27/2012 | Comments (0)

Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen sparked political controversy recently when she accused Ann Romney of “Never working a day in her life.”

Skiing like a pro: Tribute to Uncle Hugh

Posted 4/20/2012 | Comments (0)

My young son learned to ski this weekend. Having grown up on the water, it’s a rite of passage in my family.

A strange thing happened when I came home from work yesterday. Both of my children greeted me at the door with smiles on their faces and big hugs — including my 14-year old. I enjoyed this moment for about 30 seconds, and then, seeing them continue to smile, it hit me: “My iPad came in, didn’t it?”

Dirty little secret

Posted 4/6/2012 | Comments (0)

I have a dirty little secret. Shhhh! Don’t tell anyone, but I love my commute. There, I said it.

Family trivia

Posted 3/30/2012 | Comments (0)

We are doing a trivia contest with a group of friends. Not just any old trivia contest, one that involves personal questions with answers that you don't mind sharing.

I don't do mornings

Posted 3/23/2012 | Comments (0)

It's no surprise to family or friends that the cartoon character Garfield and I share a common trait -- we don't do mornings.

Face to face with the iPhone

Posted 3/16/2012 | Comments (0)

I recently had lunch with my eldest child, who is now, choke, a grown woman. She was telling me all about college life and her new home when she leaned in close and whispered, "I have a landline now."

Leigh or Lady Gaga?

Posted 3/9/2012 | Comments (0)

I've spent several hours prepping for one of the biggest interviews of my life. I've fretted over what to say and what to wear, and prayed that I wouldn't do anything embarrassing -- to my son.

Birthday buffet

Posted 3/2/2012 | Comments (0)

My birthday was earlier this week, and my son declared he knew the perfect place to take to me. It just so happened to be his favorite place, the place he and his dad and sister frequent when I'm out of town. I won't name the place, but I will say it's a food trough, I mean, a buffet.

Webster's for women

Posted 2/24/2012 | Comments (0)

A friend of mine remarked that his wife was going out for a while and posed the question: "How do women measure whiles?" I found it such a good question that I pondered it myself and realized we women do have a vocabulary of our own. And while I may be branded as a traitor, I decided to fill the men in our lives in on a few of our terms.

Eat and run

Posted 2/17/2012 | Comments (0)

I've started running and have managed to gain five pounds. I'm not sure how it caught up with me. I think it must have been lying in wait on the side of the road and then jumped in my trunk like an unwanted hitchhiker. Or it could have something to do with the fact that every time I finish running, I am starving. Not just a little hungry, but full-on famished. And heaven (and my family) knows when I'm hungry, I must eat.

Mrs. Barbara Landreth

Posted 2/10/2012 | Comments (1)

There's a lot of controversy in our newspaper about good news versus bad news. People complain about there being nothing but bad news on the cover of the paper, yet polls show those articles are the most widely read. Really, what I think local residents are expressing is desire for there to be no negative news to report. Not in our town, anyway.

The smoking shoe

Posted 2/3/2012 | Comments (0)

"I smell a column," a friend said, as I frantically tried to put out my smoldering shoe.

Moms' mysteries of life

Posted 1/27/2012 | Comments (1)

I watched a movie during the weekend about a man who pops a pill and suddenly everything is clear to him. Life is no longer a mystery. He understands the stock market, politics and the actions he must take. Must be nice. It made me think, "What would it be it like to uncover the great mysteries that moms face every day?"

Meredith Leigh Knight