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- Molly, Molly, how do I love thee?
- prejudice by any other name is still prejudice
- a man of letters (8) – combat! January, 1945
- BJU and Me: Queer Voices from the World’s Most Christian University
- never play this game after midnight
- it’s a simple matter of justice – remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- weekend specials popular at the Cardinal Cat Cafe
- the hideout – revisited on Friday the 13th., 2023
- Cardinal Cat Cafe
- 1/6 two year anniversary
- Bervin’s grandmother’s advice to K McCarthy
- human frailty, mendacity, and George Santos – plus pink boxing gloves
- last train from Gun Hill – and Ukraine
- twas the week before Christmas…
- I hope you dance
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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: sexism
prejudice by any other name is still prejudice
Last night I had a conversation with my cousin Gaylen (son of Ray) who lives near the area demolished by a large tornado that swept south of Houston, Texas yesterday. Thankfully Gaylen and his family escaped damage, but I was … Continue reading
last train from Gun Hill – and Ukraine
In 1959 when I was thirteen years old, my daddy decided unexpectedly to take my mama and me to a movie in Houston, Texas. This was HUGE for me because (1) my daddy never wanted to spend any money on … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, Random, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged 1959 movie last train from gun hill, anthony quinn, first war time president to address congress since churchill, kirk douglas, president zelenskyy, slava ukraini, speaker nancy pelosi, vice president kamala harris
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dear Santa, send boxing gloves
Before you ask yourself whether you’ve read this story before, I can say possibly – it’s a seasonal favorite of mine. This year my good friend Ed Madden’s annual holiday letter included a fabulous vintage Christmas card of a boxing … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, photography, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, sports, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged boxing gloves, bubble lights, christmas presents, christmas tree, christmas wrapping paper and bows, date loaf, divinity, evening in paris perfume, family gatherings at christmas, ginger ale and lime sherbet punch, jewelry box, santa christmas letter, see's candies, slava ukraini, vintage christmas card
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Grade for Republicans in Midterms: D
Dobbs + Deniers + Donald = Defeat Pretty, who follows political predictors via Twitter, kept telling me all weekend that the Dems were going to maintain control of the Senate but I couldn’t breathe a sigh of relief until I … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged 01/06 insurrection and committee hearings, 2022 us midterm elections, boots on the ground, culinary union in nevada, democrats still control Senate, dobbs decision, election deniers, House too early to call, inflation, joe biden, Pretty's Twitter election predictors, young voters
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gimme a break – no, seriously – time out?
The mid term elections are in the past now, but my nerves continue to jingle jangle like the spurs on my boots used to do as I anxiously await outcomes. I find myself turning to movies of questionable taste on … Continue reading
the ONE thing you’ve got going: your ONE vote – Shirley Chisholm (1924 – 2005)
In 1968 Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress; she served in the House of Representatives from 1969 – 1983. In 1972 she became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s nomination … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged first black candidate for a major party nomination, first black woman elected to congress, first woman to run for democratic party nomination for president of the us, midterm elections on november 08 2022, shirley chisholm, speaking truth to power, spunk
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what is really on the line November 8th?
A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is done. No matter how brave its warriors or how strong its weapons. Cheyenne proverb We cannot be distracted by the noises that … Continue reading
what do Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlisle, Lizzo and Selena Gomez have to do with the 2022 mid-term elections?
Oh well, gosh, golly. Now that you mention it – nothing, unless you count the one vote thing in the upcoming elections on November 8th. Each one of these American singers has one vote in the election which is now … Continue reading
Posted in Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Random, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged brandi carlisle, democracy one vote one voice, gas prices gun crimes, headlines, inflation, lizzo, mid term elections on november 8th, restore Roe, selena gomez, tanya tucker
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Zan, Zendegi, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)
A 22 year old woman named Mahsa Amini died on September 16th. in a hospital in Tehran, Iran while in the custody of the Guidance Patrol a/k/a the morality police who arrested her three days before for a violation involving … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Random, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged Author Kamin Mohamaddi, bad hijab, dobbs decision to outlaw abortion, feminism in the 21st century, george floyd protests, Mahsa Amini's death in Iran, protests in iran, uprisings in iran, women life freedom, zan zendegi azadi
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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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