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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Launching my first children’s picture book
Announcing launch event for my first published children's book, Stacey Became a Frog One Day,
Breakfast for Dinner
It was a surprise, a treat, and a strategy although as a kid at the time, I felt it was […]
Solid as a Rock – My Brother
A tribute to a brother who is solid as a rock.
Happy birthday though
My husband gets on my nerves and then I swerveWanting to be right up under himKeep him nearCause he’s the […]
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 […]
Howdy Partner
Howdy Partner/Becoming Partners The comedian Flip Wilson famously played a character, Geraldine on his comedy show. In one of the sketches […]
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 […]
Good Customer Service
Recently, I’ve had good customer service in a few places. I used to experience good service so regularly that it […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]