M. Virginia SouthworthThe Piece of Metal that Prevented a MurderI was at the restaurant the other night doing my usual serving job. There was a table with one very large woman, and her husband and their…Feb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2021
M. Virginia SouthworthGeezer Pleaser“Geezer Pleaser”, that’s what my husband calls me. I never intended to be that. I was just trying to live the golden rule and treat other…Jan 4, 2021Jan 4, 2021
M. Virginia SouthworthCouch DayIt is not only the young college graduate looking for his first apartment who is in search of a milk crate and anything else that you may…Dec 18, 2020Dec 18, 2020
M. Virginia SouthworthWhy I wear 100-Year Old PerfumeI was not even looking for it. I was trying to find a perfume that I ordered from a Norm Thompson catalogue nearly 40 years ago. It was…Dec 3, 2020Dec 3, 2020
M. Virginia SouthworthBrookfield BoundI have some friends who are getting on in years. They live out in the woods without electricity or running water. Recently, the elderly Mr…Nov 9, 2020Nov 9, 2020
M. Virginia SouthworthTo Think I Almost Dodged HimLast weekend, my son and I went to an outdoor harvest dinner where we could turn our apples into fresh cider with an old-fashioned cider…Oct 16, 2020Oct 16, 2020
M. Virginia SouthworthIt All Happens at the ‘Garden of Olives’You may ask, “What does that small sticker in your curio cabinet represent?”Oct 16, 2020Oct 16, 2020
M. Virginia SouthworthYou Won’t Believe What He Does to Get My AttentionMy favorite season is upon us. Do you know how I know? It started in my dining room and then it happened in my kitchen. I had to be…Sep 22, 2020Sep 22, 2020
M. Virginia SouthworthTears of Saint LawrenceThe “Tears of Saint Lawrence” or “San Lorenzo” fall every year in mid-August. Who was Saint Lawrence? He was an early Christian martyr…Aug 31, 2020Aug 31, 2020
M. Virginia SouthworthPicnic at Fairview CemeteryTwo little neighborhood girls approached me one summer day while I was picking blackberries. I gave them some of the fruit and they have…Aug 23, 2020Aug 23, 2020