Advice from a small town girl

Oops.

I didn’t get around to writing a column last week.

It was probably because I was out sweeping the cobwebs off the storefront.

Or maybe washing my feet.

At any rate, time got away from me. My apologies.

This week, I’ve been thinking about one of those things we learn as children, although perhaps not always intentionally.

I’ve been thinking about “Practicing What You Preach.”

I tend to think of this particular topic in capitals, because somehow I grew up thinking it was incredibly important.

More recently than my distant childhood, it has become known as “Walking the Walk.”

As in, not jus...