Category Archives: Slice of Life

the horse you draw is the one you’ll ride

Posted on July 7, 2020 by

I originally published this post on December 28, 2013. While I had this conversation with one of my first cousins in Texas after Christmas six years ago, I found his words strangely spoke to me today as a spike in … Continue reading →

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our community lost a fighter who was also a good friend

Posted on July 1, 2020 by

Nigel M Mahaffey, Jr. (August 07, 1959 – June 25, 2020) (photo from Linked In) The obituary for this friend began “Nigel loved life and was one of the most joyful people to grace this earth.” I couldn’t agree more. … Continue reading →

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i heard dave chappelle say shut up, white women. was he talking to me?

Posted on June 27, 2020 by

In Dave Chappelle’s concert “8:46” he opens by thanking young protesters in the streets today –  carry on, young ones, he says.  You’re good drivers, I’m comfortable riding in the back seat. I so got that comment. When I watch … Continue reading →

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where am I now that I need me? why Peachtree Rock, of course!

Posted on June 24, 2020 by

As monuments fall to the ground around us, I was reminded of my love for Peachtree Rock which bit the dust in December of 2013 due to erosion, storms and visitors’ carvings after millions of years of natural life. Named … Continue reading →

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summertime and the living is, uh, not quite so easy as we’d thought originally

Posted on June 21, 2020 by

I asked Pretty to join me on our screened porch last night a little after 9 o’clock. Pretty who had had a stressful day putting out fires she didn’t start, didn’t hesitate. Ok, she said as she began to move … Continue reading →

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have you heard the one about…

Posted on June 18, 2020 by

the little old lady who walked into the West Columbia Location of the South Carolina Diagnostic Imaging clinic late yesterday afternoon to have two MRIs performed? (Masks were provided, social distancing observed by all patients and personnel in the facility … Continue reading →

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from tinkering to transformation: the intersection of equal justice under the law

Posted on June 16, 2020 by

The United States Supreme Court ruled early yesterday morning that gay and transgender people are protected from workplace discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  I heard the actual Breaking News on my tv as I … Continue reading →

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a moment’s pause from the madness – enjoy!

Posted on June 13, 2020 by

In the midst of continuing spikes in the coronavirus in our state of South Carolina and yet another senseless killing of a black man by police brutality in our neighboring state of Georgia last night, Pretty and I took the … Continue reading →

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I can’t breathe

Posted on June 12, 2020 by

Webster’s Thesaurus defines moral as “ethical, or right and wrong, or proper conduct, personal. Ethical, right, proper, virtuous, just fair, aboveboard; pure, honest, high-minded, saintly…” Democracy is defined in the same dictionary as “government by the people, representative government; state … Continue reading →

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notes of two native daughters, a native granddaughter, and a native daughter-in-law

Posted on June 9, 2020 by

Two years ago Pretty planned a trip for us and two other family members who live in Texas to visit the newly opened Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama plus several other historical sites related to the Civil Rights movement of … Continue reading →

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