Mailbag - February 2026

FAMILY OF ACES The Brissett family (pictured, from left) – Ella, Annette, Anthony, and Chloe – have a shared love of tennis and a commitment to helping others. Ella and Chloe are both NCAA tennis champions for their respective colleges, Claremont-Mudd-Scripp’s women’s tennis program, and Washington University in St. Louis. (Photo: hartphoto.com)

Aced the tennis article 

We woke up this morning to a delightful flurry of congratulatory text messages and emails after friends across the greater Houston area began receiving their Buzz. What a joy [to be featured in Serving Up a Legacy: How two sisters rose to NCAA glory by Cathy Gordon, Jan. 2026]!

What a truly wonderful story. Cathy, you captured the heart and soul of it beautifully, highlighting the girls’ accomplishments while seamlessly weaving in our family’s contributions and faith with impeccable care and balance. And the inclusion of [dog] Lola Falana...how incredibly thoughtful and sweet.

The cover photos are absolutely outstanding as well, simply striking.

Judging by the wide range of comments and responses pouring in from so many different networks, your readership clearly runs deep and far-reaching.

Joni, I cannot thank you and your entire team enough for taking the time and care to share this story so meaningfully. 

The Brissett Family

Book club is in good company 

It was so touching to learn that a book club of readers I’ve never met (or even known about) named their book club after my The Wednesday Sisters — a novel about a group of friends who first meet over shared books! Thanks to Sally Rohrbach and Jan Lusby for reading, and for naming their group after my book, and to Cindy Burnett for writing her lovely piece [Book-Club Books: Reads that will inspire conversation and connection, Jan. 2026!]

The Wednesday Sisters are in good company. It’s also the name of my own neighborhood book club, which has been meeting since January of 2004. When I was writing The Wednesday Sisters a year or so later and we needed a name to register at Kepler’s, our neighborhood bookstore, someone suggested it. I felt very honored. I’ve now published 9 novels (The Wednesday Sisters was my second), and my Wednesday Sisters have read and discussed every one. 

One of the greatest joys of being a novelist is the many amazing readers I’ve gotten a chance to connect with. And all it takes is one friend or neighbor asking another if they’d like to pull together a few other friends and meet regularly to chat about books … and everything those books bring up.

Meg Waite Clayton, internationally bestselling author 

Pawsitively fun contest 

My miniature poodle Becket was 4th in the 2025 Pet of the Year contest. It was fun. Becket’s fans, from family, friends, veterans, firefighters, students and pet therapy, all did their best to support him. What great exposure for The Buzz Magazines!

The Neighborhood Tails column is an anticipated favorite every month. I appreciate the honor of Becket being chosen for February 2025. As Becket’s rescue story said, he may be a loser in the Show Ring, but he’s a winner in life. Thank you.

Pamela Earthman

Editor's note: If your furry BFF wants to be featured in Neighborhood Tails, send 150 words from their perspective plus a high-res photo to [email protected]. 

Serving size?

Please consider including the number of servings per recipe [in your articles featuring recipes]. Some of us need to half or double recipes at times. But if we don’t know how much a recipe makes, how can we know how much to alter it?

Sally I Evans

Editor’s note: Sally, thanks for the feedback. We’ve taken it to heart and will start adding serving sizes when possible. Thank you! 

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