Category Archives: Random

burn them calories

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Sheila Morris

With apologies to composer Jimmy Van Heusen, lyricist Sammy Cohn, arranger Nelson Riddle, singers Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore plus many others – and without anyone’s permission, sing along to their song Love and Marriage introduced in 1955 with my … Continue reading →

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comments closed…including my own

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Sheila Morris

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cross over the bridge

Posted on December 9, 2020 by Sheila Morris

In June, 2015 two separate events captured the attention of not only the United States but also countries on other continents. Yes, indeed. We were part of the good, the bad and the very ugly. I wrote this piece the … Continue reading →

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Nadal’s List of Unlucky Losers

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Sheila Morris

Yes, yes I know what you’re going to say. Why devote time and space to a sports event in the midst of a pandemic that continues to ravage the health and well being of millions of people across the globe? … Continue reading →

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tis the season – not that season

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Sheila Morris

Pretty drew a line in the sand regarding television news following the 2016 election, a line which has stood with remarkably few breaches during the past four years. This boycott includes the presidential and vice presidential debates so I was … Continue reading →

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the woman that changed my musical life

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Sheila Morris

From 2010 – 2014 Pretty and I were bi-stateual. For reasons involving my family, we bought a house on a picturesque street in a small town near the even smaller town where I grew up. We kept our home in … Continue reading →

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where am I now that I need me? why Peachtree Rock, of course!

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Sheila Morris

As monuments fall to the ground around us, I was reminded of my love for Peachtree Rock which bit the dust in December of 2013 due to erosion, storms and visitors’ carvings after millions of years of natural life. Named … Continue reading →

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summertime and the living is, uh, not quite so easy as we’d thought originally

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Sheila Morris

I asked Pretty to join me on our screened porch last night a little after 9 o’clock. Pretty who had had a stressful day putting out fires she didn’t start, didn’t hesitate. Ok, she said as she began to move … Continue reading →

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I can’t breathe

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Sheila Morris

Webster’s Thesaurus defines moral as “ethical, or right and wrong, or proper conduct, personal. Ethical, right, proper, virtuous, just fair, aboveboard; pure, honest, high-minded, saintly…” Democracy is defined in the same dictionary as “government by the people, representative government; state … Continue reading →

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how did Stella really get her groove back?

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Sheila Morris

Getting our collective “grooves” back across the world will be far more complicated, doubtless a much lengthier process than Stella’s in the 1998 film shown above. But hey, we have to start somewhere. Originally published here in February, 2013, I’m … Continue reading →

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