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- a case of mistaken identity
- Thanksgiving Dinner with Pretty – 2022
- where did I put that memory? ask Pretty
- thanksgiving is relative
- Grade for Republicans in Midterms: D
- gimme a break – no, seriously – time out?
- the ONE thing you’ve got going: your ONE vote – Shirley Chisholm (1924 – 2005)
- what is really on the line November 8th?
- the Urban Legend we called Carport Kitty was a Seeker
- Boo at the Zoo in 2022
- what do Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlisle, Lizzo and Selena Gomez have to do with the 2022 mid-term elections?
- Zan, Zendegi, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)
- we must never come to this store again
- yesterday and today juxtaposed
- Rooted and Winged – poems by Luanne Castle
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Flannery O'Connor answered the mystery for me of why I write?
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I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say.
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Category Archives: Humor
Dimples, Butch, Buttercup, Sissy… Sissy?
Whenever someone asks me what I’m writing, I feel a fleeting twinge of guilty laziness for saying I continue to blog – no new book of essays, no great American novel, no legacy book for my granddaughters. This is me … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, photography, politics, racism, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged board games, butch, go to the head of the class board game, labels that define our sexuality, life in mid twentieth century, milton bradley games, sissy, southern perspectives on the queer movement committed to home, tv entertainment
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Pretty’s advice to her younger self
“If you could go back to that 34 year old attorney from Vermont beginning the first of 48 years as a United States Senator, would you have any advice for him?” asked Robert Costa during his CBS Sunday Morning interview … Continue reading
Carport Kitty is our Guard Cat
For her many fans who ask, Carport Kitty has survived the summer heat in South Carolina to mark her one year stay with us on our carport. She continues to stand with the people of Ukraine every day of her … Continue reading
from antiques to basketball via the Seminole Trail
US highway 29 a/k/a Seminole Trail in parts of Virginia – antiques galore for Pretty to explore Pretty and me leaving Jefferson’s Monticello (photo by Susan Moore-Cooke) Pretty in DC at Old Ebbitt Grill established in 1856 While Pretty collects … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, photography, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, sports, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged a'ja wilson, antiques in virginia, congress heights neighborhood of dc, dare to dream different, jefferson's monticello, las vegas aces, lincoln memorial, old ebbitt grill, seminole trail on us 29 in virginia, washington mystics, wnba
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have you ever met a frog whisperer?
The sounds from our screened porch were connected to the sounds of my earliest memories of summer when I slept in a small double bed with my maternal grandmother while a cheap oscillating fan turned slowly from side to side … Continue reading
Tina and Elvis
My first major league concert was to see Brenda Lee perform in Houston when I was in the seventh grade in 1959. My daddy and mama took me to see her because I loved her songs and her singing when … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged alison kraus, bays chapel baptist church, bette, brenda lee, charlie taliaferro, cher, cynthia clawson, diana ross, dinner on the grounds, dolly, dolly and kenny, dr martin luther king jr, elton john, elvis presley, elvis's golden records, gospel quartets, indigo girls, kt oslin, melissa etheridge, nancy griffith, neil diamond, new elvis movie, oprah, prince, proud mary, the judds, tina turner, tina turner amsterdam concert on You Tube, willie nelson
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kids say the darndest things (part 2)…
For example, this conversation took place between Naynay (the name my granddaughter gave me) and our almost three year old granddaughter Ella near the end of a two hour ride in the Grannymobile on our way this past May to … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, Random, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged babysitting granddaughters, blue ridge mountains, concerns with environment, going to camp to pick up children, granddaughters, pretty, splashing in puddles
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a walk on the wild side with the OG a/k/a Bully Cat
The saga of Carport Kitty continues almost without interruption – she has left the warmth of her winter heating pad, forsaken the luxury cat condo we keep ready for her, sleeps under one of our cars every night instead (how … Continue reading
The In-Between Years
This post was originally made on December 31, 2012 – many of you might have missed it, and others will be reminded perhaps of what you were feeling on that New Year’s Eve almost ten years ago when you read … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, photography, Random, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged bi-stateual, boston, dementia, endings, happy new year, lesbian literature, memory care, new beginnings, new york city, times square
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I'll Call It Like I See It 