The Happy Meemaw

I think you'll really enjoy this month's Meemaw Music Monday episode of The Happy Meemaw podcast. I grew up in a house full of music. My mother had a console stereo, an Early American piece of furniture that spun all the latest hits - in country music, not my preferred genre. Among the albums by Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Lynn Anderson, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Steve Wariner, and Conway Twitty, there was some Elvis gospel. My mom preferred this to the rock and roll music I loved, a...

In what seems like a lifetime ago, I turned our US Army quarters at Fort Meade into a childcare home to spend more time with our kids as my husband spent a considerable amount of time away with the Navy. I had several daycare children come through my home, but two were very special - they were sisters, the oldest of whom came into my home while in treatment for leukemia. Despite all, she was happy and positive, and even though she was only 4, she kept her beautiful smile. Morgan O'Brien...

Imagine someone special to you suggesting a title for a book - and nothing else. Author Jim Palmer's late father, his inspiration as a journalist, threw the title out one day and said he thought it was good - but had no idea what the book would be like. I met Jim Palmer through our mutual friend, Donna Costello of Luna Creative Academy, and we had a great conversation about how he found his writing muse despite his wildly successful marketing career. He proudly discussed his new release, The...