Laura's Tatting Muse

HOME AND HEARTH When we built our family home, my dad insisted on a “real” fireplace - none of that prefab stuff for him. It had to be...

BECOME AS A CHILD Recently, on a late summer afternoon while I was resting on the back deck, I had the misfortune to drive a huge splint...

One of my stories published in the "Birmingham Post Herald" FREIGHT TRAINS AND POT-BELLIED STOVES Granddaddy worked for...

One of my other passions is writing. All of my stories and poems are about the things I have experienced since I was a child. Some are devot...

My father, Robert J. Slaughter, shared his marvelous talent with me and helped me get started carving. My first carving was done after the a...

I should have done this a long time ago... My brother Kevin in Florida is teaching me over the phone. I will be adding things that I love...