I WISH
“I WISH IT NEED NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN MY TIME,” SAID FRODO.
“SO DO I,” SAID GANDOLF, “AND SO DO ALL WHO LIVE TO SEE SUCH TIMES. BUT THAT IS NOT FOR THEM TO DECIDE. ALL WE HAVE TO DECIDE IS WHAT TO DO WITH THE TIME THAT IS GIVEN US.”
J.R.R. TOLKIEN, THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
Sheila Morris
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Women’s History Month – March, 2020
- ella goes zero to six months in sixty nana seconds
- a prize fighter named Pain
- ships that don’t come in
- true confessions
- my new BFF Ellen
- Liz Was Hotter than a Two Dollar Pistol
- sidetracked: takin’ any comfort that i can
- Happy Birthday Ms. Magazine, Title IX And The Lady
- Dancing with Destiny – the Williams Sisters
- Talking Guns with Texan Molly Ivins
- she’s an eagle when she flies
- sisters are doin’ it for themselves
- maya angelou: a woman of substance and survival
- celebrating a Texas storyteller who was part of my history
- valor above and beyond the call of duty
I’M HOLDING THE FUTURE
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a prize fighter named Pain
Reaching deep, deeper, deepest into my archives this time with a story that seems appropriate for our collective contemporary selves across the world. I offer this post first published here in September, 2011. I lifted it from my third book, … Continue reading
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Tagged covid-19, pain in the here and now, shared humanity, shingles
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ships that don’t come in
“To those who stand on empty shores and spit against the wind and those who wait forever for ships that don’t come in.” Joe Diffie (d. 3-29-20) recorded these words written by Paul Nelson and Dave Gibson in 1992; I … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus death, joe diffie, ships that don't come in
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true confessions
I find the planet to be spinning out of control on a different axis at a very high rate of speed in the past thirty-one days since the beginning of Women’s History Month. I usually post four to five times … Continue reading
my new BFF Ellen
In November, 2013 when I first published this post I was struggling with losses so overwhelming I felt like a stranger in my own skin. If I had had a voice, that voice would have been the lone one crying … Continue reading
Liz Was Hotter than a Two Dollar Pistol
What would my Women’s History month be without Liz? This post was first published in October, 2013 two years after her death on March 23, 2011. Please don’t be disappointed in me for not giving more details of her life, … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Ms. Magazine, Title IX And The Lady
These posts were first published here on June 20, 2012 and June 21, 2012. I hope you agree they make an appropriate addition to our Women’s History Month collection in 2020. Ms. Magazine is 40 years old this year according … Continue reading
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Tagged 1991 nobel peace prize, aung san suu kyi, gloria steinem, Ms. magazine, outrageous acts and everyday rebellions by gloria steinem, parliament of burma, richard nixon, rohingya muslims, title ix
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Dancing with Destiny – the Williams Sisters
At her press conference following her loss in the 2019 singles finals at Wimbledon, Serena Williams was questioned about why she lost. Although she tried to say her opponent played a brilliant match, the members of the press wouldn’t let … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015 women's quarterfinals of us open, 2017 australian open women's champion serena williams, 2018 wimbledon women's final, 2019 women's singles wimbledon champion, serena williams, serena williams has record 23 singles titles in women's majors, serena williams supports equality, tennis records, the williams sisters, tom rinaldi, us open tennis tournament, venus williams
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Talking Guns with Texan Molly Ivins
I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults. – Molly Ivins (1944 – 2007) Although Molly Ivins was born in Monterrey, California in 1944, … Continue reading
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Tagged bill clinton, civil libertarian, george dubya, gun control, humorist essays, jurassic park, militia, molly ivins, national rifle association, native texans, political humor, second amendment, syndicate columnist, texas politics, women's history month
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she’s an eagle when she flies
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 five years, Dolly and her cohort (of which I am one) … Continue reading
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Tagged chet atkins, coronavirus, dolly parton, dollywood, dollywood foundation, eagle when she flies, elvis presley, emmylou harris, imagination library, kenny rogers, linda ronstadt, queen latifah, shania twain, whitney houston, youtube videos of dolly songs
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sisters are doin’ it for themselves
“I am a black woman in America. I learned a long time ago no one was going to do anything for me,” said Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in an interview with Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC this morning in response to … Continue reading
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Tagged african american mayors, aretha franklin, chicago mayor lori lightfoot, city of chicago coronavirus, eurythmics, girls rock, lesbian mayors, madison wisconsin mayor satya rhodes conway, sisters are doin it for themselves, stephanie ruhle
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