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going for gold in an inferno of sand in Tokyo while America burns and Europe floods
Pretty follows the Olympics as faithfully as I do the tennis majors; therefore, I also follow the Olympics which apparently are being carried on at least a gazillion channels in U-verse land without an adequate GPS to locate your destination. … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, sports, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged 2020 Tokyo Olympics, covid pandemic, downton abbey, european floods, hot in tokyo, tropical storms near japan, us wild fires, women's beach volleyball in olympics
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in the event you missed the news today
“An emotional President Joe Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in Tulsa, declaring Tuesday that he had ‘come to fill the silence’ about one of the nation’s darkest — and long suppressed … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged deprivation of equal justice for black americans, hiding history, nelson mandela on hate, president joe biden in tulsa speech, tulsa massacre of 1921
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leaving on a jet plane – returning with a rough landing
Our good friends Nekki (with monkey on shoulder) and Francie contacted Randy at Travel Unlimited who made the arrangements for Pretty and me to celebrate not only our birthdays but also our vaccinated selves with a little rest and relaxation … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, photography, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged beach, jet travel, liz cheney removal from house leadership, margaritas, pool, presidente cerveza, puerto vallarta in mexico, punta cana in the dominican republic, respect for elders, sequence, spades, tips to elders to keep them from falling, vacation with friends
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March Madness: The Pay Gap is Madness
The Equal Pay Today Campaign is a project of Equal Rights Advocates which is a collaboration of national, regional and state-based women’s legal advocacy and worker justice groups in the US whose mission is to “eradicate the long-standing gender wage … Continue reading
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Tagged covid-19 pandemic, equal pay today, gamecock women in sweet 16, gender pay equity, march madness, Mika Brezezinski, ncaa women's basketball tournament, Secretary Gina Raimondo
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she’s an eagle when she flies
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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Tagged chet atkins, coronavirus, dolly parton, dollywood, dollywood foundation, eagle when she flies, elvis presley, emmylou harris, imagination library, kenny rogers, linda ronstadt, queen latifah, shania twain, whitney houston, women's history month, youtube videos of dolly songs
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“you’ve had a good ride”
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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Tagged conversation with doctor, doctor and doctor's assistant, epilogue from not quite the same second memoir, exam table, gastroenterology, meeting new doctor, not quite the same is second memoir, plenvu prep for colonoscopy, stackable chair
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say her name: Breonna Taylor – marking the one year anniversary of her death
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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Tagged breonna taylor's mother tamika palmer, legacy of struggle for justice for all women, one year anniversary of breonna taylor's death, oprah, oprah magazine, say her name breonna taylor, women's history month
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images of change – pandemic style
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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Tagged american rescue act, amy winehouse musci, changes in life during pandemic, coronavirus, covid-19, democrats in congress, lele grissett, pfizer and moderna vaccines, president joe biden, sec tournament in greenville sc, sec women's basketball, university of sc gamecock women's basketball
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we are all Wonder Women
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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Tagged march is women's history month, no bi-partisan support, president biden's covid relief bill, vice president kamala harris, wonder woman
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: these are his stories, these are his songs
“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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Tagged black church, black lives matter, domestic violence, ebenezer baptist church in atlanta, great gettin up morning, henry louis gates jr, homophobia, mother emanuel african methodist episcopal church in charleston, patrice turner, PBS documentary, praise house on st. helena island, rev clementa pinckney, ride on king jesus, sexism, this is our song
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