Category Archives: Reflections

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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we are all Wonder Women

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Sheila Morris

Huge thanks to my good Sister Marla Wood for posting this powerful image on her FB page. I thought when I saw it, wow, this is a great theme for Women’s History Month. Let’s get down to it. In March, … Continue reading →

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: these are his stories, these are his songs

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Sheila Morris

“The church is the oldest, the most continuous and most important institution ever created by the African American people.” — Henry Louis Gates, Jr. told Jeffrey Brown of PBS in an interview about his new four hour two-part documentary The … Continue reading →

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troubles in texas

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Sheila Morris

Our thoughts for the past few days have turned south and west toward my home state of Texas, and Pretty’s second home state with me when we were bi-stateual from 2010 – 2014. We are a thousand miles from our … Continue reading →

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if the answer is a bridge too far, the question is what is a welcome diversion?

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Sheila Morris

The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming – down under to the 2021 Australian Open Tennis Tournament that began with high hopes for real live fans in the stands but now those stands have been emptied for a five … Continue reading →

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This is Dedicated to the One I Love

Posted on February 7, 2021 by Sheila Morris

Return with me to those thrilling days of yesteryear, actually twenty years ago this week, to meet Pretty who magically changed from being a close friend and confidante before the spontaneous trip to Cancun pictured above in February, 2001 to … Continue reading →

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Down a Rabbit Hole Through the Looking Glass

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Sheila Morris

Found your pilot. Died in 1956. Earl Matthew Quigg of Hokenbaqua, Pennsylvania. Born in 1930. Air force. Married. Died on Sept. 17 at 3:15 pm of crushing injuries and conflagration, .7 miles south of Richards, Texas in open pasture. Thanks … Continue reading →

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