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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.
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...
Jan 18, 20243 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...
Jan 12, 20242 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...
Dec 25, 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...
Nov 17, 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...
Nov 12, 20233 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...
Nov 6, 20234 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...
Oct 24, 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...
Oct 16, 20233 min read
Fall is for egg-rolls.
© Celine Sparks, 2023 We’ve been pretending the autumn equinox has already happened for three weeks. But there’s just something about...
Sep 19, 20234 min read
Not gonna argue over a penny. Make it two and I can stand here all day.
“It’s the principle of the thing.” That’s what my mother would say when we would beg, “Mom, it’s two cents. Let’s go home.” But she was...
Aug 31, 20234 min read
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