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- she’s an eagle when she flies
- “you’ve had a good ride”
- say her name: Breonna Taylor – marking the one year anniversary of her death
- images of change – pandemic style
- we are all Wonder Women
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: these are his stories, these are his songs
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- if the answer is a bridge too far, the question is what is a welcome diversion?
- This is Dedicated to the One I Love
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Category Archives: The Way Life Is
guilty, guilty, guilty
I watched with millions of viewers around the world this afternoon as the judge opened the envelope with the jury’s verdicts in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. … Continue reading
taken from this week’s headlines or last year’s or the years before
The nation’s attention is focused this week on the continuing trial of the man who murdered George Floyd last summer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The impact of Mr. Floyd’s death lives on in the memories of the bystanders, police and most … Continue reading
Posted in Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is
Tagged bryan texas mass shooting, george floyd, gun control, jurassic park, militia, molly ivins, national rifle association, president joe biden, rock hill sc mass murder, second amendment, syndicate columnist, texas politics, trial of derek chauvin
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turning corners
Spring invigorates me – I love the azaleas, dogwoods, climbing roses, the new tree leaves with their hesitation to turn green, putting our frog log in the pool for the first frogs that need to learn to avoid the chemically … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, photography, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged azaleas, dogwoods, get vaccinated, granddaughter, spring
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true confessions
True Confessions was first published in May, 2016 but I repeat it in Women’s History Month without apology because it’s a part of my history with writing as well as my history with Pretty. No political agenda. Just a true … Continue reading
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
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, sports, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
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
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
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
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
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
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 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
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 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
Posted in family life, Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
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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