Laura's Tatting Muse

Another story published in Senior Living CHRISTMASES PAST As we approach this holiday season, I find myself with mixed emotions about the qu...

Brand new Baby Isaac with Grandma and.... with Granddaddy! 

Finally trying to get caught up on my bragging! Here is a story published in Senior Living Newspaper in Birmingham, Alabama. I’M A GRANDMOTH...

My first grandchild, Isaac at 5 months! Isaac at 6 months! Isaac at 6 months! Grandma loves her baby! 

My brother and sister-in-law gave me a Treo 600 for Christmas! This is the single most unselfish thing anyone has ever done for me. My sis...

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...