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Category Archives: politics
what’s scarier? Halloween or the MID-TERMS?
Do you have our Boo at the Zoo tickets yet? Pretty called to me from her chair in the den last night while I struggled to catch up on a sea of emails in my office.This past weekend was Laver … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Life, Personal, politics, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, sports, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged boo at the zoo at riverbanks zoo, Halloween, Laver Cup in London, november 8th general election in US, retirements of Serena Williams and Roger Federer, vote to give women control over our own bodies
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2022: the Year in Review (well, so far)
Let’s rap. Two thousand twenty-two, I’m worried now ’bout you. You’re two-thirds done and not too fun. so where the heck have you gone? (rhythm band in background doing their best to find one) A new war in Ukraine with … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Life, Personal, politics, Random, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged spoof of 2022
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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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I dreamed that the Great Judgment Morning had dawned, but was it just a dream?
My daddy led the music in the tiny Richards Baptist Church where I was saved from my sins at the ripe old age of nine. The preacher who baptized me that summer had a brief explanation of faith and God’s … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged attorney general merrick garland, baptism by immersion, baptistry, bert shadduck, congregational singing in worship service, current allegations about donald trump, daddy led the singing, david muir, great judgment morning, mama played the piano, no one is above the law, richard nixon resignation, special music in worship service, watergate
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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
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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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the devil went down to Georgia? yeah, but he ended up in Florida
“The devil went down to Georgia, he was lookin’ for a soul to steal he was in a bind ’cause he was way behind and he was willin’ to make a deal” No disrespect to the lyrics of this popular … Continue reading
you’re not allowed
AP photo Rally at South Carolina State House in Columbia June 28, 2022 As Yogi Berra once said, it was deja vu all over again. As I stood with my sisters on the lobby floor, I looked straight up to … Continue reading
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Tagged associate justice jackson, francie at the state house, planned parenthood together we fight for all, pretty and molly, WREN rally at state house in sc
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with sorrow we dissent
“People Vs Supreme Court (The Sonnet) When the Supreme Court behaves prehistoric,Every human must become an activist.When the gatekeepers of law behave barbarian,Every civilian must come down to the street.When people are stripped of their basic rights,By some bigoted and … Continue reading
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