Aunt Bert News Today

Storyteller Lyn Ford tells “Affrilachian tales" to Oak Ridge audience at the annual Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival June 2 and 3.

Storytellers will share their true, first-person stories on stage at Comedy at the Carlson.

Storytellers who will share their true, first-person stories on stage at The Rochester Storytellers Project show on Wednesday, March 8.

Texas inmate becomes first state execution in 10 months Erik Ortiz Texas put a prisoner to death on Wednesday evening for the first time in about 10 months — signaling that states are ready to resume executions after a hiatus during much of the pandemic. Family members of Quintin Jones, 41, had hoped that either the U.S. Supreme Court or Gov. Greg Abbott would spare his life or grant a last-minute reprieve. Neither came. Jones was executed by lethal injection at the Texas Stat...

I Made My Great Aunt’s Holiday Cookies—Heres What Happened Teddy Nykiel © Teddy Nykiel/Taste of Home At my wedding shower two summers ago, I received the most touching gift: A box filled with timeless family recipes that my relatives and friends lovingly contributed. There was a card with my Aunt Sues pierogi recipe, one for my Great Grandmas sweet and sour meatballs, and one for a recipe Id never heard of before: my Great Aunt Berts "melt-in-your-mouth" lace cookies. Desp...