By June Mathews According to our friend, Bobby, nothing strikes dread in the heart of a man like a spousal pronouncement along these lines: “Honey, I’m hosting a (bridal tea or baby shower o... Read more
—By June Mathews For The Tribune I consider myself a fairly with-it person. You know, cool, hip, rad and all that. So when I heard about the latest trend in decluttering, I figured I should... Read more
By June Mathews For the Tribune I recently heard somebody say that sitting is the new smoking, implying lack of physical activity can be as detrimental to one’s health as puffing on a truckl... Read more
By June Mathews During the past year or so, I’ve watched Facebook with no small amount of smugness as, one by one, many of my Class of ’75 schoolmates turned 60. As a summer baby, I was alwa... Read more
By June Mathews Columnist Used to be I’d never dare darken the doors of First Baptist on Easter morning dressed in anything less than my seasonal best: a newly-purchased pastel-colored frock... Read more
By June Mathews Of a Certain Age … and Counting Anyone who knows me is aware of my penchant for a good bargain. Mama taught me early and well to hold out for the markdowns and look for... Read more
By June Mathews It occurs to me that I’m no longer in a position to make fun of Jimmie for bidding on – and subsequently purchasing – a stack of old cigar boxes at an auction a few years ago... Read more
By June Mathews Jimmie and I took a long overdue mini-vacation with friends this past weekend and had a great time. Much like east Tennessee, the mountains of north Georgia are chockfull of... Read more
By June Mathews March has not been kind to the Mathews household. No, it has nothing to do with one of our favorite teams being eliminated in the third round, even though we were awfully pro... Read more
By June Mathews Late on the fifth day of my recent bout with the winter plague, by which time I had plowed through two-and-a-half giant economy-size boxes of tissues and watched far too much... Read more