Category Archives: sports

this girl had it going on…was she calling to Get Out the Vote?

Posted on November 2, 2018 by

was she making calls to Get Out the Vote? Actually, not really – this girl (me) was probably calling her office from a pay phone outside the tennis courts at the Family Circle Tennis Tournament in Hilton Head, South Carolina … Continue reading →

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BREAKING NEWS – REVISED WORLD CUP SCORE!

Posted on July 17, 2018 by

RUSSIA – ONE USA – ZERO

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the Main Event in Las Vegas showing today!

Posted on July 16, 2018 by

So the Aces game wasn’t quite what we hoped it would be for Pretty and friends, but A’ja Wilson was gracious (as always) after the game to share a photo op with Pretty and Number One Son Drew. Thanks, A’ja … Continue reading →

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A’ja and the Aces

Posted on July 15, 2018 by

Pretty and Number One Son landed safely in Las Vegas and from all social media accounts are having a grand time. Thanks to all of you who are concerned about Pretty’s whereabouts and our welfare at casita de Cardinal. We … Continue reading →

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the hideout – revisited

Posted on July 13, 2018 by

Alas, Pretty and Number One Son Drew are winging their way toward Las Vegas on this Friday the 13th. and all of us at Casita de Cardinal will be happy to know they have landed safely tonight. Charly, Spike and … Continue reading →

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tennis anyone? you betcha

Posted on July 8, 2018 by

For tennis fans, when July rolls around, the sounds of tennis balls flying off rackets held by seasoned warriors or hopeful newcomers, tennis balls traveling through the air at record speeds or strategic spins, landing on immaculately prepared grass courts with awkward … Continue reading →

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and soon I’m two and seventy

Posted on April 14, 2018 by

I had a very sweet Happy Birthday message today on my Columbia High Class of 1964 message board from one of my boyfriends who I noticed had sent me birthday greetings for the past 3 years on this website which … Continue reading →

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good luck to A’ja Wilson in WNBA draft!

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

Coach Dawn Staley is ready to erect a statue honoring Gamecock women’s basketball All-Everything and All-That Wizard of the Hoops A’ja Wilson, and I say let’s put that marble statue smack dab in the front of the Colonial Life Arena asap. … Continue reading →

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Maya Angelou and Coach Dawn Staley – the power of personhood

Posted on March 16, 2018 by

American poet, author, civil rights activist Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014) and Coach Dawn Staley, head basketball coach of the University of South Carolina women’s basketball team – what’s not to love and admire about these women in March or any other month? https://thedrabble.wordpress.com. … Continue reading →

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I was this close

Posted on November 27, 2017 by

The Pulitzer Prize people called and said I was probably going to win their Nonfiction Prize for Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement: Committed to Home this year but I had to be available for an interview and photo shoot … Continue reading →

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