Kristen's Column
Blog URL http://kristenscolumn.blogspot.com
Located Hattiesburg, Mississippi USA
Tags newspaper, columnist, humor, family, women, dogs, cats, freelance writer, southern
Kristen Twedt posts human interest commentary on everything from toad-tumping poodles to simple suburban survival.
Latest Blog Posts
- on Oct 19, 2009
Sammy, Sammy, are You Ready?As I was looking through family photos to submit to my son’s yearbook staff, I determined I was having one of those “moments.” I have a lot of them lately with the rapid advance of the firstborn’s senior year. They...
- on Jul 30, 2009
Of grown-ups, goons and getting togetherLast weekend, I had the pleasure of hanging out with a group of friends, some of whom I’ve known since kindergarten. Hopefully everyone has friends like these, the kind you may not see for years at a time but...
- on Apr 3, 2009
Newspapers Need Great Stories Told WellMuch of what’s to be read online in the news revolves around loss of jobs and our ailing economy. I work as a freelance writer, which is a succinct way of saying my income depends on someone willing to pay me...
- on Feb 18, 2009
When Toads and Fears CollideHoney patrols our back yard for toads as if the creatures harbor some secret sinister agenda. One of four poodles we indulgently adopted, Honey faithfully confronts toads in a comical assault, something we call “Poke-A-T...
- on Sep 19, 2008
Then and NowA guy I knew from community college called this week. He had heard that my parents had passed away a year and a half ago and wanted to share his condolences. My dad had taught him when we were both students in the biological sciences.When...
- on Sep 11, 2008
Check out my essay in "The Home Forum" of The Christian Science Monitor:Spider Lilies Herald Welcome Seasonal Shift...
- on Aug 28, 2008
Insanity Required for Parenting GigMore than sixteen years ago, my husband and I became parents when I gave birth to our son. Our daughter arrived on the scene a couple of years after that. Suddenly, they are both in high school, both on the fast tr...
