October, 2019
two weeks old granddaughter Ella James stares at me
December, 2019
Pretty and I take granddaughter on her first trip up the road
February, 2020
Pretty smiles at Baby Ella
April, 2020
Ella, her Mama and her Aunt Coco bring me scrumptious birthday cake
June, 2020
Summertime at the pool with NanaT
July, 2020
and she’s still staring – but standing on her own now
September, 2020
walking, trying to use remote for tv in our den
October 01, 2020
Happy Birthday, Ella James!
Toni Morrison said, “you are your best thing” – and for your NanaT and me, as well as so many others whose lives you’ve touched in this brief first year of your life – you are our best thing, too.
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In these incredibly perilous times I implore you to stay safe, stay sane, stay tuned and VOTE.
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About Sheila Morris
Sheila Morris is a personal historian, essayist with humorist tendencies, lesbian activist, truth seeker and speaker in the tradition of other female Texas storytellers including her paternal grandmother.
In December, 2017, the University of South Carolina Press published her collection of first-person accounts of a few of the people primarily responsible for the development of LGBTQ organizations in South Carolina. Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement: Committed to Home will resonate with everyone interested in LGBTQ history in the South during the tumultuous times from the AIDS pandemic to marriage equality.
She has published five nonfiction books including two memoirs, an essay compilation and two collections of her favorite blogs from I'll Call It Like I See It. Her first book, Deep in the Heart: A Memoir of Love and Longing received a Golden Crown Literary Society Award in 2008. Her writings have been included in various anthologies - most recently the 2017 Saints and Sinners Literary Magazine. Her latest book, Four Ticket Ride, was released in January, 2019.
She is a displaced Texan living in South Carolina with her wife Teresa Williams and their dogs Spike, Charly and Carl. She is also Naynay to her two granddaughters Ella and Molly James who light up her life for real. Born in rural Grimes County, Texas in 1946 her Texas roots still run wide and deep.
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You are all the best! I love this post, so full of life and love.
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Thank you so much, Cindy! How are the twins??
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Thanks for the upbeat post. Babies and their Nanas are the best!
On a hair note, I believe my hair is now shorter than yours. I have a small tuft at the front which makes me look like a grouse, fittingly enough.
Reporting from the Great White North (GWN), Susan Rice was on the news last night in an interview with the news host imploring the 600,000 Americans living in Canada to vote. What a sane voice. I’m almost sorry Biden didn’t pick her as his Veep though I recognize she comes with baggage. Harris has a cleaner slate, I guess.
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I find it difficult to believe your hair is shorter than mine, but I like the sound of the look!
Wow – 600,000 Americans living in Canada – I had no idea. I hope Susan Rice made a compelling pitch – I can only imagine the Americans who live in Canada would vote the way I just did on my absentee ballot a few minutes ago.
If the election doesn’t go our way, a number of my friends plus Pretty and me are seriously looking to Canada for our residence. So that 600,000 may go up!
P.S. Our only reservation is the cold weather!!
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I wish you and America well, Sheila. BUT, if you think the north is your destination on November 4, there are warmer spots. Consider Victoria or Osoyoos, BC (a desert-like climate), Windsor, St. Catharines or Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Those are our hot-spots and you might not even need snow-tires or winter boots!
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I am writing these down, Susanne!! I hope we don’t have to take these drastic measures, but honestly, this guy is certifiable…Thank you for the suggestions – I trust you. I’ve actually been to Victoria and it’s a beautiful place. Thank you again, my friend.
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Happy Birthday small and perfect being! You do your elders a whole lot of good 😀
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Thank you so much, my friend! She really does us a lot of good and when she is older we hope she loves tennis as much as we do – so happy to have Roland Garros to watch for these two weeks. Many surprises!
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Such a lovely post and look how she has grown💗😺Pawksses for a Happy Birthday to sweet Ella James and a happy Monday to all of you🐾😽💞
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Thanks so much, Granny!! A very Happy Monday to you and Little Binky, too!
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Lovely photos from the past year 🙂
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Thank you so very much – can’t believe she has grown so much!!
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Adorable.
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Thanks so much, Donna!
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