We hadn't departed Whitefish, Montana before I began to wonder how we'd ever top our 2017 Christmas trip. I had dreams of a white Christmas in a rustic yet luxurious lodge, and that's what I got.
Published: Monday, January 15th, 2018 @ 11:38 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Most of us celebrate New Year's somehow, someway, but I suspect few of us are aware of the holiday's history. As you would expect, a wealth of information is but a few clicks away.
Published: Monday, January 1st, 2018 @ 4:24 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Are you juggling so many balls that you wish there were more hours in the day? Is your to-do-list on overload when suddenly you need to add a task like holiday decorating or helping your parents downsize? Well then, have I got a deal for you.
Published: Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 @ 11:22 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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What's not to like about a rock 'n roll concert at an intimate venue? One that's easy to get to, with free parking, and a drinks truck offering fun mixed drinks along with wine and beer?
Published: Sunday, October 29th, 2017 @ 3:25 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Magical is the perfect description for the three days we spent in the village of Mirmande, France.
Published: Thursday, October 19th, 2017 @ 2:08 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Down here in Atlanta, I attended an author event that was a prologue to the Marcus Jewish Community Center (MJCCA) Book Festival coming up in November.
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 @ 8:15 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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My husband and I have a vacation to Colorado coming up, and one of my long-time girlfriends is joining us. It all started when Beverly declared she wanted to have a destination birthday party for a milestone birthday.
Published: Saturday, September 30th, 2017 @ 4:52 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Banjo Penn and his mum, columnist and author Kathy Manos Penn, announce the release of their first work of fiction "Lord Banjo the Royal Pooch."
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2017 @ 3:44 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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What a difference a year makes. Last summer, Mum wrote a column about a lake adventure with a bunch of guys from Dad's ROMEO group (Retired Old Men Eating Out) plus a few wives.
Published: Monday, August 21st, 2017 @ 9:36 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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My husband and I have similar interests in many areas, but in others, our preferences diverge. Take music.
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2017 @ 5:44 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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We don't need an excuse to visit the mountains, especially when the summer heat arrives in Hotlanta, but the excuse for this trip was a book signing in Highlands.
Published: Tuesday, August 8th, 2017 @ 3:09 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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As usual, I've been preparing for our upcoming vacation, a river cruise through the South of France, by reading books set in that locale.
Published: Tuesday, July 25th, 2017 @ 1:37 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Tis the season for vacations, but my husband and I had decided we wouldn't take a summer trip this year, opting instead for a Christmas trip to somewhere snowy and a September trip to Colorado.
Published: Wednesday, July 12th, 2017 @ 11:51 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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I'm writing this column from Black Mountain, where my sister has a charming vacation cottage.
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2017 @ 8:33 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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I grew up in New York City and didn't move to the South until the eighth grade. In NYC, it was routine to inquire about someone's heritage, as in whether they were Italian, Greek, Irish, Jewish, whatever.
Published: Thursday, June 22nd, 2017 @ 6:12 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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We've had heat; we've had rain, and the pollen is finally gone.
Published: Tuesday, June 20th, 2017 @ 3:21 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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I wrote this Father's Day column in May, as I knew I'd be vacationing in Greece the early part of June and might be writing in my journal but certainly not writing a column.
Published: Sunday, June 18th, 2017 @ 6:38 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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When holidays like Memorial Day and Veterans Day roll around each year, I can't help but recall the awe-inspiring sights I saw in 2014 while bicycling Normandy with my husband.
Published: Monday, May 29th, 2017 @ 1:50 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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I'm fond of saying, "A girl can never have too many books," and I'll add, "A girl should never pass up an opportunity to buy more!"
Published: Friday, May 19th, 2017 @ 12:46 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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It's been several years since my mom passed away, and I think of her often still, but especially around Mother's Day. We either took her out for her day or had her over for dinner, so there's always a bit of a hole in Mother's Day weekend nowadays.
Published: Sunday, May 14th, 2017 @ 4:33 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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I got a kick out of Charles Seabrook's late March "Atlanta Journal-Consitution" column where he described the first day of spring as New Year's Day for "wild creatures."
Published: Tuesday, April 25th, 2017 @ 4:59 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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That's the title of a Wall Street Journal article by Oliver Kamm. Horrors! For a dyed in the wool grammar geek and word nerd, this article was hard to take.
Published: Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 @ 10:15 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Is it a game, a book, a television show? I suspect many of you first thought of the children's game that parents encouraged during those long family car trips of old.
Published: Monday, April 17th, 2017 @ 8:29 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Who knew that line came from Frank Zappa? I sure didn't, though I wholeheartedly agree with him.
Published: Thursday, March 30th, 2017 @ 11:56 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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If you're a regular reader of my posts, you've gathered by now that I'm an avid reader. Novels are reserved for evening reading, and the rest of the time, you can find me reading emails on a variety of topics.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2017 @ 2:34 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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No, I'm not talking about winning the lottery or heading to Vegas; I'm not talking about money at all. I define hitting the jackpot in retirement as finding joy.
Published: Saturday, February 25th, 2017 @ 1:15 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Can it be? When I read the article announcing the demise of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, all kinds of memories came to mind.
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2017 @ 11:40 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Did you have an imaginary friend when you were a child? Mine was a cocker spaniel named Annabel.
Published: Thursday, January 26th, 2017 @ 6:52 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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That seems an easy choice. I'm a firm believer in the birthday season.
Published: Wednesday, January 18th, 2017 @ 1:55 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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No, not the snowflakes that fall gently from the sky and then sparkle in the moonlight as they cover the ground.
Published: Thursday, January 12th, 2017 @ 12:05 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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I wrote a version of this column in the summer of 2013 as a blog. I'd heard John Lennon's Imagine on the radio and was unable to get the tune and the sentiment out of my head.
Published: Saturday, January 7th, 2017 @ 12:20 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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Visions of sugarplums? Not me, instead I'm having visions of a Greek dinner for Christmas. There was never one special meal we always had for Christmas when I was a child.
Published: Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 7:32 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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In 2014 for the first time, we left town for Christmas and enjoyed a picture-perfect holiday at Amelia Island. In the past, my husband and I hosted Holiday meals for varying size crowds.
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2016 @ 3:40 pm
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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What's on your Christmas list this year? I must say it has become more and more difficult through the years for me to give my husband any clue as to what I might want for Christmas.
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2016 @ 11:04 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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