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The Barefoot Preacher's Wife
Check here for the most recent humor columns by Celine Sparks.
Other columns can be found mixed in with her Biblically-based books: Because I Said So; Whatever Happened to Fried Chicken?; How to Train Your Dragon; and If Mama Ain't Happy.
Feb 3, 20243 min read
Pass the Gravy Please
I can’t even describe it. But if you know, you know. Rick & Bubba have been a backdrop to mornings in the South for all of my adult life....
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Jan 29, 20242 min read
People get things mixed up, but I cake the take!
Is it this easy for everyone? To do it completely opposite of what you intended, I mean? If they did genetic testing for it, I’m pretty...
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Jan 18, 20243 min read
In the meadow we can build a snow ... thing.
We got the big one! Big snow in Alabama means the brown grass doesn’t show through. Oh, we celebrate even the little snows. We close the...
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Jan 12, 20242 min read
When first class and coach are the same thing
copyright Celine Sparks, 2024 We had us a coach. We weren’t sure at first. When Alabama hired Nick Saban, we kept watching the reel over...
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Dec 25, 20233 min read
Here comes Santa Claus. No, wait, that's the fire truck again.
copyright Celine Sparks, 2023 It wouldn’t be Christmas if the fire department didn’t show up. I’m not talking about the kind of showing...
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Nov 17, 20233 min read
"Of that day and that hour"
© Celine Sparks, 2023 I got mine; how ‘bout you? Yes, I did set the alarm for 5 a.m., throw some sweats on, and head out the door exactly...
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Nov 12, 20233 min read
It's Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Someone Spiked the Eggnog.
© Celine Sparks, 2023 Met my old lover in the grocery store. Who writes a song about that? Apparently, Dan Fogelberg. The plot thickens...
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Nov 6, 20234 min read
This thing wears the living daylights out of me.
© Celine Sparks, 2023 Cheesecake with the accent on the cake part. VIP box seats at the Iron Bowl. Shoes that look good, and feel better...
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Oct 24, 20233 min read
Animal House
© Celine Sparks, 2023 There’s gotta be a better word for them. I’m not sure how the term pets caught on, as if these animals that invade...
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Oct 16, 20233 min read
Kicking & Screaming: They kicked & we screamed.
© Celine Sparks Crimson and orange have always clashed. I’m not sure they’ve figured that out at Virginia Tech yet. But we’ve got a...
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