If you read that word enough times, it starts to look misspelled. Yes, I have lived in Nashville for two years.  For as long as I lived in DC.  I feel significantly older. The last year, has been, well, weird. I really can’t come up with another word. Weird. Yes, that describes it. My old professors would cringe. 2009 in review: Thanksgiving with family in Mississippi, where i read all but the last 2 chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird Christmas with my family and a cardboard c

I love that word, really, I do. I grew up hearing it, and I’m still confused as to why people are so entertained when I use it. Kinfolk. That’s what they’re called! Do you really expect me to say the entire phrase “extended family”? “Relatives” just doesn’t cut it. When I go to visit my kinfolk, I spend much of my time with my 2nd and 3rd cousins. I’m closer to them than to any first cousin of mine. So yes, I’m going to use the word kinfolk. It’s beautiful and perfectly descr