by Shannon Anderson | Jun 12, 2014 | My View
Southerners have an identity. They are the land they grew up on. Heat and gnats and flowers and rain live in them. Place defines them. It is as much a part of them as their DNA. They are connected to the land like Scarlet O’Hara was. My own family is the same....
by Shannon Anderson | Mar 22, 2014 | My View, Uncategorized
I once told my husband–or so he claims–that I would never live above the Mason-Dixon line. After this winter, I think I know why I said that! Today, however, I am going home to Georgia after five years of being away. I’ve always gone back every...
by Shannon Anderson | Mar 20, 2014 | My View, Uncategorized
This year for Lent I decided to challenge myself in a new way. Rather than giving up sweets, which I usually fail at miserably, I decided to give up complaining. Easy, right? Until I began this challenge on Ash Wednesday, I was unaware how many little annoyances I...
by Shannon Anderson | Mar 1, 2014 | My View
This winter I’ve not had much good to say about the weather in Wisconsin. In fact, those of you who know me know I don’t care for winter, so as the saying goes, if you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all. I was...
by Shannon Anderson | Sep 11, 2013 | My View
On a beautiful September morning I went to school to teach my high school students. During second hour our principal’s voice came over the intercom and directed us to turn on the TVs in our classrooms. Something was happening, but no one knew what. My...
by Shannon Anderson | Jul 5, 2013 | My View
When I read my Women’s Health Magazine the other day, I came across the term “bliss point” used by food companies. Bliss point describes the “precise amount of ingredients—often sweeteners—that maximizes the appeal of a food product so that people will crave it, buy...
