Ella and her mother Pretty Too enjoying outdoors – October, 2021
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IF YOU WANT MORE
- a belated Happy Pride!
- my paternal grandmother’s legacy was hilarious O.G.
- the return of the bully
- and now, the rest of the story on our puddy tat (part II)
- and now, the rest of the story on our puddy tat (part I)
- my maternal grandmother’s legacy was love
- an unexpected nugget from Pretty
- close encounter of the cat kind
- boo at the zoo, are we there yet? not yet
- international day of the girl (or two girls!)
- view from the cheap seats
- dreamers shipwrecked in Galveston in 1868
- ain’t no slide steps high enough
- lesbian jungle
- is new Stop Sign a sign for me?
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Category Archives: photography
a belated Happy Pride!
photo from Scott Brown’s FB This past weekend was SC Pride for 2021 – the annual march was Friday night, Festival on Saturday, and recovery yesterday. Although Pretty and I weren’t able to participate in the festivities, we were thrilled … Continue reading
my paternal grandmother’s legacy was hilarious O.G.
my grandmother Ma’s birthday was today October 23, 1903 (d. May 28, 1983) My paternal grandmother I called Ma is the beaming woman second from the left in the middle row. That smile was directed at one of her grandchildren … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, photography, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged allowance, dry cleaning, grandmothers and granddaughters, ice cream cone and coke for a nickel, libra, losing a child or grandchild, master storytellers, roasting the Baptist preacher, scorpio, texas women who were great storytellers
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lesbian jungle
Vintage Paperback & Pulp Fiction Cover Art – 1966 “I don’t know why, but of all the girls I’ve had in my life, Renna has always been different … special … but I’m afraid things will never be the same … Continue reading
is new Stop Sign a sign for me?
We have a new Stop Sign one block from our house on Cardinal Drive in West Columbia. Now why would our sleepy Westover Acres neighborhood require a new traffic warning, I wondered. Does this have a deeper meaning for me? … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, photography, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged current events that shape our lives, family life for family values, flower with grasshopper, how active in my activism should I be at 75, social injustice, stop signs
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which little girl had the most fun at the zoo?
Yesterday was hot – not Phoenix, Arizona hot – but a typical summer day in Columbia, South Carolina that was hot with high humidity. What better time for Pretty and me to take our 22-month-old granddaughter to the zoo, right? … Continue reading
how could I skip when I was two and seventy
Three years ago I published these reflections (with pictures) a week before my 72nd. birthday. I don’t know why, but I thought they deserved a second read. We’ll see what you think? ************************* I had a very sweet Happy Birthday … 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 baby dyke, brazoria texas, coach knipling, columbia high school class of 1964, free throws, happy birthday wishes, president Jimmy carter, segregated high school in 1964, senior prom, university of texas in austin, wimbledon
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Imagine. Dream. Believe. Always.
Backpack, pink summer shoes, water bottle, today’s art work and daily report…our granddaughter Ella’s accessories for summer camp today. Imagine. Dream. Believe. Always. (I wonder how many Olympians had a version of this mantra when they were children?) “Tube, … Continue reading
