By June Mathews I love fall. I really do. The cooler weather, the breathtaking colors, jeans and long-sleeve T-shirts, Halloween, Thanksgiving, the beginning of the Christmas season…I love i... Read more
By June Mathews When I was growing up, a Friday night family outing often meant a trip to the old K-Mart in Roebuck. In those days, the retail options in Trussville were limited, so to shop... Read more
By June Mathews I recently attended funeral services for my first piano teacher, Mrs. Campbell, a bittersweet occasion, to say the least. While saying goodbye to an early influencer is never... Read more
By June Mathews Hello, my name is June, and I’m a volunteer-aholic. If you’re associated with a nonprofit organization and have envelopes that need stuffing, funds that need raising, meals t... Read more
By June Mathews Most anybody who knows me at all knows I’m a major homebody. Every time I see Dorothy click her ruby red heels together and declare, “There’s no place like home,” I’m thinkin... Read more
By June Mathews My little friend Lucy got kicked out of daycare the other day. Not literally kicked, of course, and not for long, although it may have seemed like an eternity to her weary pa... Read more
By June Mathews A recent visit to Nashville could be the start of something big for 22-year-old Jonathan “Johnny” Dailey. A 2009 graduate of Hewitt-Trussville High School, Dailey traveled no... Read more
By June Mathews Bless my heart. I’ve been without a dishwasher for a week now, and I’m feeling pretty sorry for myself. A while back, I noticed the spoons and forks weren’t looking quite as... Read more
By June Mathews Jimmie and I have never been the most romantic couple in the world, and I suppose a precedent was set by the inauspicious way we officially got engaged. We were sitting in hi... Read more
By June Mathews After catching a glimpse in the mirror of myself wearing reading glasses the other day, I had to laugh. Not only were the glasses kind of funny-looking – blue and red half-fr... Read more