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- Thursday, June 20, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Author - Ronda Rich
Dixie Divas: A lack of empathy
One night while out to dinner, I noticed an elegant elderly lady at the next table over who was dining alone. I was drawn to her because sorrow clouded her eyes and she smiled sadly, the kind we all force when we do not feel happy.
Dixie Divas: The art of grooming
Not long ago, I was in Los Angeles visiting Tink on the set of a television show he was executive producing. We sat side-by-side in director chairs, watching as the scene was set up and actors took their place. I looked across Tink to see a woman studying me carefully. I smiled.
Dixie Divas: Be sweet
When I was growing up - probably well into my college years - Mama's last words as I walked out the door were always the same.
Dixie Divas: The bet
One evening I was sorting through clothes in the bedroom while Tink, settled in a comfortable chair, was (as usual) fiddling with his phone. A message he read triggered a story.
Dixie Divas: Bookcases hold my home’s treasures
In this house of wood and stones that I call home, there are books scattered and stacked hither and yon.
Dixie Divas: A beloved teacher reveals a shocking irony
When I breezed into the beauty shop amidst the chatter of voices and clatter of hair dryers and curling irons, I noticed the thick book dropped casually in a chair and it struck me as a bit strange.
Dixie Divas: The calf’s devotion
It was a sweet sight, no doubt. My heart is always drawn to God's animal creatures, especially those who have found themselves abandoned.
Dixie Divas: Boy, what rotten parents
One day I asked a friend how her son was doing in college. She smiled then began a discourse on how he was enjoying his field of study and what he could do with his degree when he graduated.
Dixie Divas: Miss Loretta
Several years ago, I befriended a woman in Cincinnati, Ohio, but then you know that, don't you? I've told you all about Miss Loretta.
Dixie Divas: Photo tells of a poor childhood
A picture - even one old that has faded from black and white to soft gray - can a tell a story, long and true. That one certainly did.
Dixie Divas: If nothin' don't happen
There is a friend of mine - one of the heroes I have known and loved - who is fascinating in the life lessons he shares and the accumulation of wisdom that seems to come so easily to him.
Dixie Divas: Karen the actor
It was all my idea. As immodest as that might sound, it's true. Now that my friend, Karen, has made it to the big time, she should be reminded that it all started with one of my hare-brained schemes.
Dixie Divas: Mama'a ring shines on
It would never have occurred to me that it would mean as much as it has, never cross my mind that I would cherish it as I have. I suppose that's what makes it even more meaningful.
Dixie Divas: The legacy of compassion
Daddy and Mama both spent a lot of time seeing after the needs of others. They comforted, called and cooked for those who were, in some way, suffering.
Crying and cussing — what’s the world coming to?
This is how bad times are getting – Claudette has taken to crying and Grace Ann has taken up cussing. It's like living in a science fiction film. It's like visiting a foreign country.
Articles By Author - Ronda Rich
Dixie Divas: A change of fortune in downtown Memphis
It happened in Memphis. A lot of history and interesting stuff occurs in that magical city that sits grandly next to the Mississippi River. Elvis held court there, the blues grew up there and barbecue is queen. Elvis, of course, is still king.
Speaking truth isn't easy, but admirable
The waitress set down the cup of coffee and I poured cream into the hot, black liquid while quietly reflecting, pondering something.
Sports coaches, athletes tell the best stories
My parents told great stories.
Dixie Divas: Taste of soap may cure profanity
Recently, I was in a bookstore with a friend. We stopped at a table near the front of the store and it was loaded with different books that had such obscene titles that many of the words were expressed as "@?*#."
Dixie Divas: When my Mama made up her mind
Mama was stubborn. "Set in her ways," is what country folks call it and boy, was she. When she made up her mind, nothing stopped her. Especially when she set her jaw and punctuated her declaration with a firm nod of her head. If she also threw that crooked forefinger in your direction, you knew it was set in stone. Destined to be.
Dixie Divas: Sweet sound of old-fashioned harmony
One day over lunch, my new-to-the-South-but-thoroughly-loving-it husband commented on the choir singing at our church, which is led by my brother-in-law, Rodney.
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