The sentence below was all I needed to read to realize my guest blog this week would be Andrea Allison and her blog, Southern Expressions.

I live in Collinsville, Oklahoma but am a Texan at heart.

Southern Expressions is about youth, dreams, hopes and determination. Andrea is a published writer of young adult contemporary and horror fiction. She has set goals on becoming a better writer.

Southern Expressions is definitely worth a read and a blog mark. Then, when she is a well known writer, you may say: “I used to read her writing on her blog, back in ‘06 …”

Tags: Southern Expressions, contemporary fiction, horror writting, goal setting

Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who died in service to our country. Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday in 1971, to be celebrated on the last Monday of May.

Originally know as Decoration Day, it is believed that Memorial day started in the United States after the Civil War to remember fallen Union soldiers. This might be true, because eight southern states hold a separate memorial day for fallen Confederate soldiers.

About 5,000 people attend the Memorial Day ceremony at the Arlington National Cemetery each year. A small American flag is placed on each grave and the President lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Ways You Might Celebrate Memorial Day:

• visit cemeteries and war memorials and place flags or flowers in remembrance
• attend Memorial Day parades or your local VFW hall
• fly the US flag at half-staff until noon
• add the POW/MIA flag to your flagpole
• participate in National Moment of Remembrance at 3 PM (local time)
• view the National Memorial Day Concert

National Memorial Day Concert

The PBS National Memorial Day Concert features music, video and stories that honor all Americans who have served or made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The PBS program is broadcast live at 8 PM EST so that television viewers across the nation can enjoy the event.

Cowgirl Caravan

Sisters on the Fly is a group of women who fly fish, ride horses, caravan in vintage travel trailers and enjoy being together in the beautiful outdoors. The sisterhood started with two sisters, Maurrie and Becky who learned to flyfish from their mom.

The sisters decided to share their love of fly fishing and outdoor activities like horseback riding with other women. Only women may join Sisters on the Fly, although male trail guides and fishing guides are sometimes necessary.

Please visit Sisters on the Fly and check their event calendar for outings in your area. You do not have to own a vintage travel trailer to join. Some of the women drive diesel pushers, some have vans with tents and one or two have homemade gypsy wagons. All are welcome to the sisterhood.

From Sisters on the Fly website:

You are encouraged to join us on one of our trips and let yourselves be spoiled rotten PLUS learn to fish, and gather some new sisters you didn’t know you had. We range in age from 83 to 28 with most in between.

Sisters on the Fly will help you restore or locate a vantage trailer, like this one pictured below:

‘54 Aljoa
This item costs $5500
Contact Maurrie at 602-996-4491
msussman1@cox.net

Tags: Sisters on the Fly, Cowgirl Caravan, flyfishing, vintage trailers, women only please