Category Archives: Random

guns over children? american carnage

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Sheila Morris

Civil war has been declared on American citizens going about their activities of daily life by other American citizens using AR-15s, the chosen weapon of this war. Is anybody listening? Ban the damn things. Ban them all.

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one final birthday card – and gift

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Sheila Morris

The card was given to me by my good friend Bing at dinner in our favorite Mexican restaurant last night where she and another good friend Meghan treated Pretty and me to a delicious meal. Yummy! The card came with … Continue reading →

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a sneeze changed history

Posted on April 4, 2023 by Sheila Morris

Today marks the 55th. anniversary of the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; it was the day following his final speech delivered at the Masonic Temple in support of the striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee and … Continue reading →

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Mexican food means family to Ella

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Sheila Morris

Queso dip smeared by three year old Ella over the table top in our booth as she tried to helpfully clean the double digit droplets of white cheese on the space in front of her, bright red contents of one … Continue reading →

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women hang in there, no matter what

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Sheila Morris

We survive war and conquest; we survive colonization, acculturations,assimilation; we survive beating, rape, starvations, mutilation, sterilization,abandonment, neglect, death of our children, our loved ones, destruction ofour land, our homes, our past, and our future. We survive, and we do morethan … Continue reading →

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you old storyteller, you

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Sheila Morris

Ann Richards. Barbara Jordan. Stacey Abrams. Molly Ivins. Betha Day Morris. Ann, Barbara, Stacey, Molly and Betha shared a common gift, storytelling, honed from their various Texas influences. I call them the OGs of storytellers I would be happy to … Continue reading →

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USA TODAY 2023 Women of the Year South Carolina Honoree: Dawn Staley

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Sheila Morris

Quannah Chasinghorse. Roberta “Bobbi” Cordano. Goldie Hawn. Maura Healey. Nicole Mann. Monica Munoz Martinez. Michelle Obama. Sandra Day O’Connor. Sheryl Lee Ralph. Grace Young. USA Women’s Soccer Team. Women of the 118th. Congress. Who are these women, and what do … Continue reading →

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Equal Pay Day 2023

Posted on March 18, 2023 by Sheila Morris

AAUW Equal Pay Calendar 2023 Equal Pay Days Thanks so much to the American Association of University Women for the above images and information they provided on this significant component of Women’s History Month in 2023. And thanks to Brazilian … Continue reading →

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everything, everywhere all at once – Cardinal style

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Sheila Morris

the two OG cats post Carport Kitty neighbor cat visits regularly Charly getting white hair, too – but still always at my side Carl’s life is as blurry as this picture with loss of hearing, vision – but his smell … Continue reading →

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ode to the Old Woman in the Shoe

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Sheila Morris

There once was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many health issues she didn’t know what to do. From the white hair on her head to the arthritic joints in her swollen toes that bent … Continue reading →

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