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I enjoyed your point of view and strong opinions in the book. The fact that you have strong opinions and the ability to express them so easily is amazing to me. I love that you are fearless…
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Category Archives: Reflections
Cowgirl Up!
Big wheels keep on rolling, but small wheels sometimes get stuck in the mud that is life in the slow lane. After nearly two weeks of birthday fun and festivities (seriously TWO weeks), my small wheels have come to a … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is
Tagged cowgirl, knee replacement
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easter birthdays, shanghai, champagne and family
My birthday this year is on Easter Sunday, April the 21st. I was born on an Easter Sunday in 1946 and my birthday has been on Easter Sunday one other time in 1957 when I was eleven years old. Get … Continue reading
BREAKING NEWS: BABY GIRL OTW!
Pretty Two and Number One Son – Pretty Three? Pretty hears the Big News – and is thrilled! Pretty was with our good friend Brenda this week when she found out we are having a granddaughter in October – and … Continue reading
Posted in Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, photography, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is
Tagged new baby on the way
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another one bites the dust
Alas, yet another member of the president’s cabinet bids us all a fond farewell – maybe not fond, but definitely farewell. Kirstjen Nielsen, the US Secretary of Homeland Security, evidently felt it was the right time for her to step … Continue reading
junior class secretary in 1963? seriously?
I would like to say this was photo shopped by my friend James Ray Couser from West Columbia, Texas when I saw it on his Facebook page today, but I pulled out my 1963 Gusher yearbook and there it was… … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, photography, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is
Tagged high school in 1963, on being seventeen
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SISTERS ARE DOIN’ IT FOR THEMSELVES!
BREAKING NEWS – WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH MOVES ON TO APRIL! If pictures are worth a thousand words, then you tube videos with the likes of Aretha Franklin and Eurythmics must be worth more than any amount of words available in … Continue reading
I got the gavel, and I’m not afraid to use it
Thank you very much, Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Last night Congresswoman Waters (D – Cal) received the Chairman’s Award at the 50th NAACP Image Awards. Her acceptance speech included the following: “After a long career journey, tonight I stand before you … Continue reading
Posted in Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is
Tagged maxine waters, naacp image awards, women's history month
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text message yesterday from contributor Pat Patterson made me happy!
“Look what I just found at Strand Bookstore in NYC…” One of the contributors to Southern Perspectives, Pat Patterson a/k/a Patti O’Furniture, texted this to me yesterday afternoon…followed by “proudly asked the clerk at Strand for your book and … Continue reading
My International Women’s Day
I wrote this piece on March 08, 2017 and feel it’s worthy of inclusion in my Women’s History Month this year. I hope you agree. Spring, 2017 will be the year I move on to my 71st birthday. I know, … Continue reading
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Tagged international women's day, mothers and daughters
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sheroes on sheroes: Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley and Shirley Chisholm
Much has been said about the new look of Congress as the halls of our nation’s highest legislative chambers began to swarm with new members who were sworn in and trying to find their offices during the first week of … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, photography, politics, racism, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is
Tagged 2018 year of the woman in politics, newsman lawrence o'donnell, rep ayanna pressley first black woman from state of massachusetts, shirley chisholm first black woman elected to congress and first black woman to run for president, women of color in politics
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