By: Tuffy Fields Growing up in rural North Louisiana as a child we used the term “ice” to refer to the cubes we put in our glasses before adding water or sweet tea or cool aid. What a difference a generation makes with the definitions used in the English language. When today one hears the term “Ice” it does not …

By: Sallie Rose Hollis Hear ye, hear ye! This is the second installment in what may become a series: Sallie Rose’s Curmudgeonly Columns.  Or Sallie Rose’s Cantankerous Columns. Or her Crotchety Columns. Take your pick.  In December I penned “Common sense packs bags; quirks abide.” In that missive, I waxed an elephant – a delightfully twisted phrase – about everything …