Category Archives: politics

remembering Harvey Milk with Pride

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Sheila Morris

June is our official LGBTQ Pride Month, and I’m resurrecting this post from May, 2014 to honor a man whose life – and death –  continues to speak to us through his celebrated legacy. Lest we forget… Today, May 22, … Continue reading →

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in the event you missed the news today

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Sheila Morris

“An emotional President Joe Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in Tulsa, declaring Tuesday that he had ‘come to fill the silence’ about one of the nation’s darkest — and long suppressed … Continue reading →

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leaving on a jet plane – returning with a rough landing

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Sheila Morris

Our good friends Nekki (with monkey on shoulder) and Francie contacted Randy at Travel Unlimited who made the arrangements for Pretty and me to celebrate not only our birthdays but also our vaccinated selves with a little rest and relaxation … Continue reading →

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guilty, guilty, guilty

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Sheila Morris

I watched with millions of viewers around the world this afternoon as the judge opened the envelope with the jury’s verdicts in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. … Continue reading →

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taken from this week’s headlines or last year’s or the years before

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Sheila Morris

The nation’s attention is focused this week on the continuing trial of the man who murdered George Floyd last summer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The impact of Mr. Floyd’s death lives on in the memories of the bystanders, police and most … Continue reading →

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March Madness: The Pay Gap is Madness

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Sheila Morris

The Equal Pay Today Campaign is a project of Equal Rights Advocates which is a collaboration of national, regional and state-based women’s legal advocacy and worker justice groups in the US whose mission is to “eradicate the long-standing gender wage … Continue reading →

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she’s an eagle when she flies

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Sheila Morris

On January 24, 2015 I wrote this post about female country music singer Dolly Parton – a woman I admire for more than just her music. During the intervening six years, Dolly and her cohort (of which I am one) … Continue reading →

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“you’ve had a good ride”

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Sheila Morris

The exam room was smaller than most, no frills, stark white like every other doctor’s office I’d ever been in – the chair was a classic stackable with no arms. I imagined a long uncomfortable wait as the friendly masked … Continue reading →

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say her name: Breonna Taylor – marking the one year anniversary of her death

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Sheila Morris

Today, March 13th. marks the one year anniversary of the murder of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old black woman killed by police in her own apartment in Louisville, Kentucky. Ms. Taylor was an Emergency Room tech for the University of Louisville … Continue reading →

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images of change – pandemic style

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Sheila Morris

Pretty and me at SEC tournament – March, 2021 Our spirits were high as we drove away from the SEC women’s basketball tournament in Greenville, South Carolina on March 08, 2020. Pretty and I were riding with our gay boys … Continue reading →

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