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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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Flannery O'Connor answered the mystery for me of why I write?
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I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say.
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Category Archives: Reflections
we must never come to this store again
Once upon a time somewhere along the supply chain for my bupropion med which I have taken for years to treat free-floating anxiety (that turned into specific anxiety during the Agent Orange previous administration in the USA), well, this med … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, photography, politics, Random, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged anti anxiety medication, balloons, bupropion, going to the playground, happy birthday to Ella, having a three year old birthday party, hay ride, mixup in medications, pharmacist, pony rides, Pretty gets angry, quitting tobacco use, school friends, wellbutrin
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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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Rooted and Winged – poems by Luanne Castle
Unbelievably Pretty and I didn’t lose power during the winds and rain of Hurricane Ian as it passed through our neighborhood two days ago. I held my breath and feared the worst: I wouldn’t be able to finish the Sidney … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, Random, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged a raisin in the sun, apple tv+, hurricane ian, rooted and winged poems by Luanne Castle, sidney poitier documentary, the poet Luanne Castle, when I'm in charge, why we wait for rain
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Carport Kitty and the hurricane
Carport Kitty settled on a mat at the bottom of our kitchen steps to weather the disastrous Hurricane Ian this week – our home in West Columbia, South Carolina was spared the devastation our neighbors in the low country of … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged bully cat, carport kitty, hurrican ian, safe spaces
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what’s scarier? Halloween or the MID-TERMS?
Do you have our Boo at the Zoo tickets yet? Pretty called to me from her chair in the den last night while I struggled to catch up on a sea of emails in my office.This past weekend was Laver … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Life, Personal, politics, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, sports, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged boo at the zoo at riverbanks zoo, Halloween, Laver Cup in London, november 8th general election in US, retirements of Serena Williams and Roger Federer, vote to give women control over our own bodies
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who’s (what’s) to blame for microwave disaster?
Plenty of blame to go around, of course. (1) no alarm clock in our house that we can figure out how to work except microwave timer (2) the Covid test kit with exactly 15 second nose swabs and then (3) … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Life, Personal, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is
Tagged cornbread, covid test, dinner roll, hypochondriac, lizards thicket, microwave disaster, vegetable plate
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changing of the guard in Queens (New York, that is)
As Serena Williams said in her farewell on-court interview following her loss this year in the US Open, there would be no Serena if it weren’t for her sister Venus. Tennis fans who have followed the professional tennis world for … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Personal, photography, Reflections, Slice of Life, sports, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged 2022 us open, arthur ashe stadium, carlos alcaraz, casper ruud, caty mcnally, coco gauff, iga swiatek, naomi osaka, novak djokovic, pretty, rafa nadal, roger federer, serena williams, taylor townsend, the williams sisters, venus williams
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Eloise Robinson Powell was a woman of substance
“Eloise Powell was a very special person, she was successful in every aspect of life, and she was a Godly woman who loved her family with every ounce of her being.” ——– from obituary September 06, 2022 My daddy Glenn … Continue reading
setting boundaries with Molly
Family times on our screened porch this summer have been far and few between, as my cousin Martin used to say, but Labor Day weekend Number One Son Drew brought his two daughters almost 3 year old Ella and 7 … Continue reading
2022: the Year in Review (well, so far)
Let’s rap. Two thousand twenty-two, I’m worried now ’bout you. You’re two-thirds done and not too fun. so where the heck have you gone? (rhythm band in background doing their best to find one) A new war in Ukraine with … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Life, Personal, politics, Random, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged spoof of 2022
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I'll Call It Like I See It 