This will be the shortest blog post ever in the history of Folkways Nowadays. This year for #BlogLikeCrazy, I’m talking about 30 lessons I’ve learned in 2020. (Read the other entries here). And on this auspicious Saturday in November, after days and days of counting and with Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes going today to Vice … Continue reading We’re Speaking
Author: Audrey McDonald Atkins
Born in the Oil Capital of Alabama, Citronelle, Audrey Atkins, made her way to the Steel City by way of the University of Montevallo, where she earned a B.A. in English. Her career began at RUST Engineering where she served as Sales Presentation Coordinator until a buyout encouraged a career change. For more than a decade, Audrey worked as a paralegal specializing in professional liability defense and commercial lending. A raconteur at heart, Audrey has written many articles for Birmingham Magazine and Lipstick. Audrey is glad to now be in the sales and marketing world where creativity and business collide and is the Marketing Manager at WBHM 90.3, Public Radio for the heart of Alabama.
Outside of the office, Audrey enjoys watching sports with her husband and son, as well as painting, traveling, and cooking.
Contact Audrey at audrey@folkwaysnowadays.com.
Lipstick is Life
Lipstick is life. At least it’s my key to having something resembling a normal life these days. I’ve always loved lipstick. When I was a small, small child, and we lived with my grandparents, I remember seeing all of Granny’s lipsticks laid out in a row on her small dressing table by the window. They … Continue reading Lipstick is Life
From Writer to Teacher
Would you consider teaching a class? That question was posed to me about a year ago by the nice folks at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center. They have a public arts education center called ArtPlay where they teach all sorts of arts-related classes to children and adults — everything from ballet to improv to photography. Sure, … Continue reading From Writer to Teacher
Eating Trash for Supper
Last night we ate the trash for supper. And we liked it! No, we haven’t resorted to dumpster diving for our dinner. Let me explain. When the pandemic hit, I dove mouth first into the comfort foods — chips, casseroles, baked goods. For some reason I went down a potted meat hole lined with Vienna … Continue reading Eating Trash for Supper
Time Flies When You’re Not Having Fun
It’s Election Day, y’all. By now you’ve decided how you plan to vote, and you may have already voted. There’s no point in me writing about the election today, or trying to change anybody’s mind one way or the other, or jumping all up on my soapbox to preach at you like a twenty-first century … Continue reading Time Flies When You’re Not Having Fun
The Uses of Adversity
The Uses of Adversity. That’s what Granny always said she’d call her autobiography when she wrote it. Unfortunately, she never did. But that title sticks with me, and I think about it quite often. The Uses of Adversity. Seven and a half months ago when I wrote this post followed by this post about being … Continue reading The Uses of Adversity
Things Can’t Stay the Same Forever
It’s November 1st which means it’s time for #BlogLike Crazy. If you’re new around here, #BlogLikeCrazy is a challenge hosted every year by See Jane Write, a website and membership community for women who write and blog founded by Javacia Harris Bowser. During the month of November, bloggers are challenged to post 30 posts in … Continue reading Things Can’t Stay the Same Forever
I Love to Ride My Bicycle
Learning to ride a bicycle is a rite of passage. You move up from the safety of three wheels to the precarious-looking two. Maybe you have training wheels to start, but it’s not too long before you’re off and running … er, riding. And those two wheels are where you spend a huge part of … Continue reading I Love to Ride My Bicycle
A Tale of Two Gumbos
A gumbo with no roux — that’s crazy talk, right? Who ever heard of such a thing? A gumbo with no roux… I’m pretty set in my ways about a few things, and gumbo is one of them, as I have written before (you can read that post here). But if 2020 has taught us … Continue reading A Tale of Two Gumbos
2020: The Year of Equality (I hope…)
Even with amendments and acts that say women are equal, pervasive and systemic gender bias tells us every day that we are not.