Category Archives: The Way Life Should Be

thanksgiving is relative

Posted on November 16, 2022 by Sheila Morris

“The oak trees were alive with color in the midst of the evergreens. Bright red and yellow leaves catching the sunlight as Daddy and I walked through the brush. The smell of the pines was fresh and all around us. … Continue reading →

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Grade for Republicans in Midterms: D

Posted on November 13, 2022 by Sheila Morris

Dobbs + Deniers + Donald = Defeat Pretty, who follows political predictors via Twitter, kept telling me all weekend that the Dems were going to maintain control of the Senate but I couldn’t breathe a sigh of relief until I … Continue reading →

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gimme a break – no, seriously – time out?

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Sheila Morris

The mid term elections are in the past now, but my nerves continue to jingle jangle like the spurs on my boots used to do as I anxiously await outcomes. I find myself turning to movies of questionable taste on … Continue reading →

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the ONE thing you’ve got going: your ONE vote – Shirley Chisholm (1924 – 2005)

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Sheila Morris

In 1968 Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress; she served in the House of Representatives from 1969 – 1983. In 1972 she became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s nomination … Continue reading →

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what is really on the line November 8th?

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Sheila Morris

A nation is not conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground. Then it is done. No matter how brave its warriors or how strong its weapons. Cheyenne proverb We cannot be distracted by the noises that … Continue reading →

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the Urban Legend we called Carport Kitty was a Seeker

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Sheila Morris

?? – October 22, 2022 I am a seekerA poor sinful creatureThere is no weaker than I amI am a seekerAnd you are a teacherYou are a reacherSo reach downReach out and lead meGuide me and keep meIn the shelter … Continue reading →

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Boo at the Zoo in 2022

Posted on October 21, 2022 by Sheila Morris

For all our friends in cyberspace who have been with us longer than a hot minute (or at least a year) you will recognize changes in our family photos for our second annual Riverbanks Halloween Boo at the Zoo experience. … Continue reading →

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what do Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlisle, Lizzo and Selena Gomez have to do with the 2022 mid-term elections?

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Sheila Morris

Oh well, gosh, golly. Now that you mention it – nothing, unless you count the one vote thing in the upcoming elections on November 8th. Each one of these American singers has one vote in the election which is now … Continue reading →

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Zan, Zendegi, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Sheila Morris

A 22 year old woman named Mahsa Amini died on September 16th. in a hospital in Tehran, Iran while in the custody of the Guidance Patrol a/k/a the morality police who arrested her three days before for a violation involving … Continue reading →

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we must never come to this store again

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Sheila Morris

Once upon a time somewhere along the supply chain for my bupropion med which I have taken for years to treat free-floating anxiety (that turned into specific anxiety during the Agent Orange previous administration in the USA), well, this med … Continue reading →

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