Category Archives: photography

Happy Holidays! Clearance!

Posted on December 2, 2020 by

my books I have signed new copies available of several nonfiction titles of mine that will make great holiday gifts for yourself or someone you love: Get ’em while they’re not hot for $5. each plus shipping cost of $3.99. You … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Finn!

Posted on November 29, 2020 by

 Sunday November 29th. is the tenth birthday of our good friend Finn who visits us frequently in the summers because he loves chess games on the porch, Texas hold ’em high stakes games, trivia with Alexa, racing cars on my … Continue reading →

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the essence of giving thanks

Posted on November 20, 2020 by

“The oak trees were alive with color in the midst of the evergreens. Bright red and yellow leaves catching the sunlight as Daddy and I walked through the brush on this Thanksgiving morning. The smell of the pines was fresh … Continue reading →

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beware the ides of ancestry

Posted on November 9, 2020 by

His appearance wasn’t what attracted the seventeen-year old girl to the older itinerant preacher in his mid-twenties, but the powerful sermons he delivered in the Methodist church she attended in her home town of Greensboro, Georgia made him seem like … Continue reading →

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I’ll drink to them

Posted on November 7, 2020 by

Our granddaughter Ella James toasts  President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris today while Pretty scrolls Twitter for election updates (and Alexa shuffles music by The Chicks) ******************************* Stay safe, stay sane, and please stay tuned. Happiness is not … Continue reading →

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This is the Time

Posted on November 2, 2020 by

“We have been too quiet for too long. There comes a time when you have to say something. You have to make a little noise. You have to move your feet.” ——— Congressman John Lewis Neither freezing temperatures nor sweltering … Continue reading →

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Ella James is unhappy

Posted on November 1, 2020 by

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what a difference a year makes

Posted on October 3, 2020 by

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 … Continue reading →

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Pride Day at the 2020 US Open!

Posted on September 3, 2020 by

The theme of this year’s 2020 US Open grand slam tennis tournament is Be Open. “When you keep an Open mind, great things can happen. In the game, and out in the world…Generations of tennis players have been inspired by … Continue reading →

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families first

Posted on August 22, 2020 by

No justice, no peace. No Donald, no Mike. Just Joe and Kamala. Four years ago I was overjoyed when the first woman of a major political party was nominated to be President of the United States. From Seneca to Selma … Continue reading →

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