Pretty with Ella outside Colonial Life Arena – January, 2022
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IF YOU WANT MORE
- Alize Cornet, the frenchwoman who (finally) connected!
- wintry mix, or snow as we call it in South Carolina
- MLK Day in 2022
- how is Bully Cat like Novax Djokovic?
- Spike, our Texas cur dog who needs a pack
- in case you missed it – yesterday was January 6th.
- famous last words: no need to take my phone
- where to? what next?
- fa la la la la – say what?
- dear Santa, send boxing gloves
- once upon a time there was a calico cat
- Hail to the Chief!
- it was just a matter of time for Carport Kitty
- The Rest of the Story
- the 37th. time is the charm: vivid memory of Peng Shuai
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what is home?
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Home is not a story.
It is the way you tell a story.
Sometimes it is the way you tell a different story -
different from the one you were told.
- - Columbia Poet Laureate Ed Madden
Tag Archives: 2016 elections
breaking news: interview with a Mushy Middler
My fake news interview with a Mushy Middler was first published here in August, 2017, one year after the US presidential election of 2016. With the 2020 election less than two months away, I wondered whether the mythical “mushy middle” … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Reflections, sexism, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is
Tagged 2016 elections, 2020 elections, mushy middle, silent majority, soft center
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The Women on my Ballot in 2016
My wife Teresa a/k/a Pretty in cyberspace was on my ballot…as she left to vote at our precinct early this morning, I thought to myself how fortunate I am to be married to a woman who shares my passion for … Continue reading
Guess Who’s Coming to the Al Smith Dinner?
Okay. So raise your small hands (or medium or large ones) if you’ve never even heard of the Al Smith dinner until last night. Aha. I see those hands, as the Southern Baptist revival preachers used to say from … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Personal, politics, Random
Tagged 2016 elections, al smith dinner, cardinal dolan
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We Are F-A-M-I-L-Y?
I wonder. If we are truly “family” then we are like many families – highly dysfunctional. The older I get the less I value the opinions other people have of me including my height and weight, my politics, my white … Continue reading
Doubling Down on Debates, Dems, Demagogues, Divisiveness and Depression: I VOTED
The most recent polling of my personal state of mind reveals a slight shift from 52% Negative and 48% Positive to 52% Positive and 48% Negative. Jeopardy host Alex Trebek asks what are readily identifiable factors that have led to … Continue reading
The Race is On – And the Winner Loses All
Well the race is on and here comes Pride at the backstretch, Heartaches are going to the inside. My tears are holding back, they’re trying not to fall… The race is on and it looks like Heartaches. And the winner … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Personal, politics, The Way Life Is
Tagged 2016 elections, george jones, the race is on
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I'll Call It Like I See It 