Everyday Clay: New year, new me… we’ll see
It’s that time again. You know, new beginnings and all that jazz.
In the Garden with Felder: Felder fesses up: A 2025 garden recap
This is usually the week I do my annual Felder Fesses Up, chronicling the previous year’s garden follies and foibles. But 2025 wasn’t so bad after all.
Andrew McLarty: The Magi and seeking a new year
Every Jan. 6, as 12 days of Christmas lights fade, the Church tells one last story from the Nativity – the visit of the wise men, or Magi, “the Epiphany.”
Sherry Ivy: God is declaring new things in your life right now
This is the beginning of another new year, and we will see the manifestation of the new things God is declaring in our lives like we never imagined.
Butter Together: 50 first recipes
One of the things that is most delightful about me (ahem, not really) is my ability to completely forget that I already knew something.
RSJ’s Top 10 Meals of 2025
At the end of every year for the past 25-plus years, I’ve listed my top 10 dining experiences from the year that just wrapped.
New Year’s traditions, one lucky bite at a time
I’ve never been especially strict about New Year’s food traditions.
Saving the sweetest bake for last
Well, y’all – just like that, another year has come to an end.
Jabe Nicholson: Peace on Earth?
As the American Civil War raged, and with Christmas approaching, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow put pen to paper:
Everyday Clay: Diplomacy and family vacations
“Does anyone know what a Banana Republic is?”
In the Garden with Felder: Don’t trash that tree: A garden-friendly holiday guide
Ever on the lookout for stuff I can reuse or recycle from holiday decorations, Christmas is second to none – better even than composting Halloween pumpkins.
Layers of love: A family Christmas classic
With colorful Christmas décor like paper chain garlands, rainbow incandescent lights and whimsical, handmade ornaments trending, this Christmas has felt like stepping into the past.
Have yourself a jam-based cocktail
I recently took a short holiday getaway to Savannah, Georgia.
Robert St. John: Showing up for Christmas
For over three decades, Christmas never really meant a day off.
Butter Together: A make-ahead breakfast for a crowd
I hesitate to share this recipe with you today.
Andrew McLarty: Why God in a manger matters
At Christmas, we celebrate a mystery so familiar that it can almost lose its power to surprise us: God chose to arrive not as an idea or a force, but as a child.
In the Garden with Felder: Right on time: The accidental bloom of a Christmas cactus
My Christmas cactus finally came into bloom – right on time, luckily, with no help from me.
Sherry Ivy: Rejoice, the Savior is born!
Christmas is a time of giving, receiving and showing love.
Everyday Clay: Imperfectly happy
With Christmas upon us, I’ll continue with sharing a couple more of my perfectly imperfect holiday moments.
Butter Together: Cheater’s pecan pie
Well, friends, we have reached the part of December that feels like Threat Level Midnight.
