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- a case of mistaken identity
- Thanksgiving Dinner with Pretty – 2022
- where did I put that memory? ask Pretty
- thanksgiving is relative
- Grade for Republicans in Midterms: D
- gimme a break – no, seriously – time out?
- the ONE thing you’ve got going: your ONE vote – Shirley Chisholm (1924 – 2005)
- what is really on the line November 8th?
- the Urban Legend we called Carport Kitty was a Seeker
- Boo at the Zoo in 2022
- what do Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlisle, Lizzo and Selena Gomez have to do with the 2022 mid-term elections?
- Zan, Zendegi, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)
- we must never come to this store again
- yesterday and today juxtaposed
- Rooted and Winged – poems by Luanne Castle
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Category Archives: racism
Grade for Republicans in Midterms: D
Dobbs + Deniers + Donald = Defeat Pretty, who follows political predictors via Twitter, kept telling me all weekend that the Dems were going to maintain control of the Senate but I couldn’t breathe a sigh of relief until I … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged 01/06 insurrection and committee hearings, 2022 us midterm elections, boots on the ground, culinary union in nevada, democrats still control Senate, dobbs decision, election deniers, House too early to call, inflation, joe biden, Pretty's Twitter election predictors, young voters
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gimme a break – no, seriously – time out?
The mid term elections are in the past now, but my nerves continue to jingle jangle like the spurs on my boots used to do as I anxiously await outcomes. I find myself turning to movies of questionable taste on … Continue reading
the ONE thing you’ve got going: your ONE vote – Shirley Chisholm (1924 – 2005)
In 1968 Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress; she served in the House of Representatives from 1969 – 1983. In 1972 she became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s nomination … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged first black candidate for a major party nomination, first black woman elected to congress, first woman to run for democratic party nomination for president of the us, midterm elections on november 08 2022, shirley chisholm, speaking truth to power, spunk
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what do Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlisle, Lizzo and Selena Gomez have to do with the 2022 mid-term elections?
Oh well, gosh, golly. Now that you mention it – nothing, unless you count the one vote thing in the upcoming elections on November 8th. Each one of these American singers has one vote in the election which is now … Continue reading
Posted in Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Random, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged brandi carlisle, democracy one vote one voice, gas prices gun crimes, headlines, inflation, lizzo, mid term elections on november 8th, restore Roe, selena gomez, tanya tucker
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Zan, Zendegi, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)
A 22 year old woman named Mahsa Amini died on September 16th. in a hospital in Tehran, Iran while in the custody of the Guidance Patrol a/k/a the morality police who arrested her three days before for a violation involving … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Random, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged Author Kamin Mohamaddi, bad hijab, dobbs decision to outlaw abortion, feminism in the 21st century, george floyd protests, Mahsa Amini's death in Iran, protests in iran, uprisings in iran, women life freedom, zan zendegi azadi
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yesterday and today juxtaposed
One of my favorite quotes as a septuagenarian is “we must have old memories and young hopes.” Catchy, right? Sigh. I have a revision. Check it out: we must have new memories and reclaim old hopes. Yesterday’s new memories with … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, photography, politics, racism, Random, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged dobbs decision, make a plan to vote, move on signs, new memories and old hopes, november 08th election, pretty and our granddaughters, roe v wade overturned, women's reproductive rights
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Serena Wins!
Jumping for joy following her win, Serena Williams flashes the multi-million dollar smile toward the stands overflowing with fans who are thrilled to have tickets to witness the historic match. US Open 2022 at Ashe Stadium in New York City? … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Personal, racism, sexism, Slice of Life, sports, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged 2014 miami masters, 2022 us open, li na, serena williams
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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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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
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 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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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
Posted in Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
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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I'll Call It Like I See It 