VIRGINIA WOOLF SAID
“If you do not tell the truth about yourself, you cannot tell it about others.”
Sheila Morris
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remembering Harvey Milk with Pride
June is our official LGBTQ Pride Month, and I’m resurrecting this post from May, 2014 to honor a man whose life – and death – continues to speak to us through his celebrated legacy. Lest we forget… Today, May 22, … Continue reading
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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burn them calories
With apologies to composer Jimmy Van Heusen, lyricist Sammy Cohn, arranger Nelson Riddle, singers Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore plus many others – and without anyone’s permission, sing along to their song Love and Marriage introduced in 1955 with my … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Life, Personal, Random, Reflections, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged alexa, dinah shore, frank sinatra, jimmy van heusen, love and marriage song, nelson riddle, sammy cohn, siri
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snapshots
“We kill time. We save time. We rob and get robbed of time, we lose time, and we have all the time in the world. But no one of us is powerful enough to stop the march of time or … Continue reading
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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