6 comments Irritation, Annoyance, or Problem?
I feel proud that at this point in my life, that I know the difference between an irritation, an annoyance, […]
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12 comments Launching my first children’s picture book
Announcing launch event for my first published children's book, Stacey Became a Frog One Day,
6 comments Breakfast for Dinner
It was a surprise, a treat, and a strategy although as a kid at the time, I felt it was […]
10 comments Solid as a Rock – My Brother
A tribute to a brother who is solid as a rock.
9 comments Happy birthday though
My husband gets on my nerves and then I swerveWanting to be right up under himKeep him nearCause he’s the […]
2 comments Our Green Thing in tribute to Earth Day
“Oh, Mercy, mercy me. Oh, things ain’t what they used to be, aw-nah, oil wasted upon the ocean and upon […]
A new place for thanks
For the first time in many, many years, I will not be cooking anything on Thanksgiving. Even when I’ve gone […]
4 comments Howdy Partner
Howdy Partner/Becoming Partners The comedian Flip Wilson famously played a character, Geraldine on his comedy show. In one of the sketches […]
6 comments Celebrating Norma Jean – 85
In 2011, I wrote a post titled, Don’t Change: An Impossible Request of Family. It seems like it was just […]
6 comments Good Customer Service
Recently, I’ve had good customer service in a few places. I used to experience good service so regularly that it […]
10 comments You don’t have to post it just cause you wrote ...
You don’t have to post it just cause you wrote it. Everything you think, you don’t have to say. I […]
4 comments Why Don’t We Do Better?
Why don’t we do better, when it’s clear that we could? I’ve been trying to push this post out for […]
4 comments It’s not if but who – racists & bigots around ...
It’s not if there are racists and bigots around me but who they are. Come out come out whoever you […]
2 comments Messages sent, messages received
(This post was begun before the eclipse today – a moment I shared with many other lovely people at the […]
Po-Po-Poetry – David Bickham – National Poetry Month
I met David Bickham about 18 years ago when he was living in Boston. He promised me that he would […]
1 comment No One Comes from Nothing _ Stop Saying This!
“I came from nothing.” “S/he came from nothing.” I hear this phrase applied or self-described regularly when someone who has […]
4 comments Beauty Role Models – look around
Sorrow and incredulity rose in me as I watched a discussion recently on a local television show whose panelists discussed […]
3 comments You don’t even know – the shadow self
You don’t even know who you think you know. The shadow self exists. When the story first broke, Joyce Mitchell’s […]