Beth's Latest Blogs
Nov.17.2011 - 6:55 pm
My favorite love story is the one I've lived.
When my college boyfriend picked me up for our Valentine's date, I wanted poetry (he was an English major, too), flowers (who doesn't...
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Aug.30.2011 - 2:54 pm
Her name was Emily and she was The Help.
When I was a child in the 50's, Emily worked in our Alabama home five days a week. She did some cooking, some cleaning, and some baby-...
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Aug.17.2011 - 9:27 am
We're supposed to help "the handicapped," but sometimes we don't know how.
My mother taught me something about that as she navigated the world in her wheelchair.
She'd landed in...
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Aug.03.2011 - 12:29 pm
Activist Marlo Thomas has been writing about Girl Power for a long time, and now she's blogging about women's roles for The Huffington Post. But before that phrase decorated tee...
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About Beth
I started my writing career in the 1980's by reading my commentaries on NPR's All Things Considered and have been writing ever since. I am currently a weekly columnist for The Huntsville Times, my hometown paper in Alabama. My subject matter is broad -...











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