Sasee Magazine

It was supposed to be 180 mornings but ended up being 360. I knew that before I changed gears, moved into AARP mode and began my next chapter, I would teach one more time. The joy that came my way was beyond my wildest dreams. The experience taught me much, and the memories are tucked [...]

Prince William and Kate Middleton should have consulted the bride and groom who got married in a family front yard last spring. As I traveled the rural route that connected the two Carolinas, I had a front row seat. My invitation did not arrive in the mail, and I wasn’t one of 1,800 invited to [...]

My granny always said that southern women were gentle and pretty on the outside and strong as a plow mule on the inside. That was surely Elizabeth Edwards. Since she arrived on the national scene a few years back I have followed her as she traveled some stormy waters. There was something about her grit [...]

“Oh, Marsha, get over it…I am going to die. Just name a damn dog after me.” Margaret and I met in 1980 in Atlanta, Georgia. We were on the same teaching team. She was six years younger, but we were partners in (crime) thinking outside of the box, having fun and being full of ourselves. [...]

White lace and promises…NOT! Try white knit mini dress met Coast Guard uniform. We eloped to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, from Virginia, late one Friday afternoon in April. The promises were exchanged in the Justice of the Peace office over a barbershop. The year was 1969. A kiss for luck and we’re on our way… [...]

Leave it to Virginia Woolf to put it out there. She once remarked “arrange whatever pieces come your way.” As 2010 opens we continue to be in a recession / depression / downturn-depending on what cable channel you watch. The big question looming for most is how to weather it and what to do about [...]

National Public Radio (NPR) made it official! On a recent broadcast they declared that there is no longer an authentic summer. The days of sultry air, cotton pajamas, sleeping porches and attic fans are a memory for Baby Boomers and others fortunate enough to have had these experiences. Air conditioning and instant ice tea quickened [...]

As summer approaches and the southern summer furnace kicks up the heat above 100 degrees, I have decided to “GO GREEN.” Actually I am going GRAY. After more years than I care to recall, the monthly trips to “get my roots done” are over! Why didn’t I do this sooner? Oh, the money I will [...]

I am sitting in a metal chair beside my dad and mom. The congregation is singing “Just as I am.” I keep asking my parents if I can go down front and give my life to Jesus. Billy Graham’s booming North Carolina voice is calling, and I am trying to get down front because I [...]

This memory for the author is so vivid that years later he is able to evoke every detail that embraced his senses and soul. He takes the reader by the hand into the small and simple kitchen of his eccentric cousin, Sook. Buddy was seven and Sook sixty-something, but their hearts and minds were on [...]