Donna McLean | Magee Courier-Simpson County News

Several years ago Robert Fulghum wrote a best seller called All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. He talked about the life principles he learned from that first year in school, like Play Fair, Don’t Hit People, Clean Up Your Own Mess.

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Media room? Great room? Not for me

By Donna McLean, 279 Reads

With all the sheltering in place we’ve done this year, people are looking for ways to make their homes more comfortable, and renovating to include new and useful types of rooms in their homes.

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We need to plan for plans to go wrong

By Donna McLean, 1,155 Reads

Last week didn’t go as I planned. My usual plan for the week is to work here at the paper two mornings, go to the gym two mornings, and do as I please the rest of the time, which usually means I’m out a lot.

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Community spirit is wounded

By Donna McLean, 629 Reads

One of the victims of the past year has been the sense of community that is the main advantage of living in Simpson County. The virus hasn’t killed community spirit yet, but it’s wounded and bleeding.

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Run, bugs! I’m back in the kitchen

By Donna McLean, 453 Reads

Paula Deen will run screaming when she hears this, but this winter I finally got so tired of fastfood that I went to the kitchen and started cooking again!

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Life gets too loud, too fast, too spicy

By Donna McLean, 1,884 Reads

A Vintage Life Lines from 2015.
When I told a friend about a party I attended awhile back, she asked about the food. I told her it was all too spicy, even the things that didn’t need to be, like the crackers and the chips.
“That’s just this younger generation,” she complained. They don’t like anything plain.”

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Young? Old? Middle aged? How do you know?

By Donna McLean, 624 Reads

I guess because lifestyles are changing and we are being active longer in life, there has been a resetting of the stages of life. Now I’m trying to figure out where I fit.
Adulthood used to start at 21. Now, most 21 year olds are still living at home or are supported by their parents, so we certainly can’t call them “adults.”

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Crystal ball says, ‘Good luck in 2021’

By Donna McLean, 870 Reads

I no longer make New Year’s resolutions because I won’t keep them. But I do make predictions. Gazing into my crystal ball at 2021, this is what I see:

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Hey, Santa, take it away!

By Donna McLean, 746 Reads

As a child I don’t remember ever writing a letter to Santa Claus. I mean, he was Santa! He obviously knew what I wanted because I got it every year without the cost of a postage stamp!

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2020 Christmas Letter

By Donna McLean, 866 Reads

T’is the season, and Christmas cards and e-greetings have begun arriving at our house. I just hope we don’t get any of those Christmas letters folks send. They sort of wilt my Christmas cheer.

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