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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.
Mortar Bored
© Celine Sparks, 2023 Believe it or not, there are a limited number of tickets to this thing. But unlike the Taylor Swift concert where...
May 23, 20233 min read
They call it Mother's Day because the term Frazzled-Shell-of-a-Woman was already taken.
© Celine Sparks, 2023 There are a bunch of mom memories that you want to file away in a heart-shaped box and keep forever. You know,...
May 13, 20234 min read
Get Your Commercial Out of My Residential.
(c) Celine Sparks, 2023 We don’t have cable. Or Netflix. Or Hulu. We don’t get the game show channel or the history channel or the...
May 8, 20233 min read
Putting the Mission in Intermission
© Celine Sparks, 2023 We went to this thing last night. They call it Makin’ Music, but I can think of a whole lot of other names for it:...
Apr 15, 20233 min read
Not-So-Flat Stanley
Up until now, I thought it was a sports trophy for hockey or rugby or sailing or professional squatting. Something like that – one of...
Apr 3, 20233 min read
Finally been there. Regrettably done that. Didn't even get a t-shirt
copyright Celine Sparks, 2023 Am I the only one? I’ve been seeing Buc-ee's hoodies, t-shirts, and oversized mugs for five or ten years...
Mar 10, 20233 min read
A few million birdies told me what one groundhog couldn't.
© Celine Sparks, 2023 The birds are all confused. So am I. I thought when the groundhog saw his shadow, it meant six more weeks of...
Feb 22, 20233 min read
Happy International Bad Candy Day!
© Celine Sparks, 2023 It wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day if you didn’t gag on some really bad candy. This is a tradition dating back to the...
Feb 14, 20233 min read
It's All Over but the Eatin'
© Celine Sparks Football season’s over, isn’t it? We only know there’s one color on the spectrum around here. We’ve read Fifty Shades of...
Feb 8, 20234 min read
I like mine not so leggy.
(c) Celine Sparks, 2023 Recent events have torn at the very fiber of our roots. What we were once accustomed to has found its place in...
Jan 31, 20232 min read
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