Back to posting....

....I have been on blog hiatus - once springtime arrives, any spare moment is spent outdoors! (These are photos of this year's efforts.)

Ialso need to note the mysterious post before I drifted off, in particular, "the pathetic dissolution." This was in reference to a business partner, and things have also been busy at the office due to the shift of duties, as well as the emotional aspect with everyone waiting and watching. The dust has settled, the file cabinets purged, and the wake (memory) is almost non-existant.

I feel better about my unexplained absence when I also realized that LeAnne Kleinmann, a former columnist for the CA and iDiva blogger, also drifted away from her posting...life happens to the best of us! Enough already....

The spring was busy with gardening tasks, end of school AND a trip to Jackson, MS, in March for the Sweet Potato Queens weekend. What a terrific time we had, and we will be returning - so ya'll plan to join us - this is definately a more the merrier kind of trip. Our "theme" for 2010 will be 70's - with that being said, please know that we will not be rigid or overly organized. Just put on something tie-dyed and come to Jackson.

This photo with Jill Connor Browne was snapped as we waited for the bus to carry us back to the hotel from the afternoon event at the cooking utensil store (I can't recall the name....). I do recall that I bought a little tub of caramel icing, which when poured over a warm yellow box cake is divine. Jill was so accessible throughout the weekend, and she is truly like royalty to me. Love her writing, and most of all, I love her perspective on life.

About three years ago, Jan, Katrina and I drove to Oxford, MS, for the Thacker Mountain Radio show taping MS NPR. JCB was the featured author that week. She talked about making sure you make time to laugh and "carry on a bunch of silliness" so you can have the strength to face the big stuff. That is the undercurrent of the Sweet Potato Queen "movement" - laughter and good times get you strong, and keep you going, during the rough times.

And on that note, I think I will call my gals to plan a movie night...I have been wanting to see Julia-Julia!