Tag Archives: Western North Carolina

Referring to your hair as “ombre colored” is cooler than, “my roots have grown out.” The dogs can hear the clink of the cookie jar opening no matter where they are. And they come running. I can hear the clink of dinner plates as Will takes them out of the cabinet no matter where I am. And I go running. I will sacrifice Will’s safety for Binion’s (a local eatery) onion rings. (He went into a packed [WTF?] restaurant and picked them up.) I have a lot to be thankful […]

Late Friday afternoon, Will looked at me and said, “Hey, how about we do some poppers tonight.” As I clapped my hands in glee, I said, “Wow. Our Friday night just took an interesting turn! Hey, do you think we’ll be okay, I mean your blood pressure and all. Never mind, I’m sure we’ll be okay. Let’s do this! Where did you find them?” Will just stared at me. He finally said, “I’m going to make jalapeno poppers. What did you think I meant?” With my memories of evenings spent […]