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- Sheila Gets a Shave (from Deep in the Heart)
- find your happy place
- memory makers over Memorial Day
- I will be missing you, Tina Turner
- Calling All Lesbians – Time to Speak Out!
- Nana, is your birthday over yet?
- Prologue to I’ll Call It Like I See It Revisited
- Economics 101 Revisited
- Epilogue For Deep in the Heart Revisited
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- making fudge with my mother
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Flannery O'Connor answered the mystery for me of why I write?
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Tag Archives: gun violence
the eyes of texas – and the rest of the world – are upon you
A thirty-eight year old man accused of murdering five neighbors in Cleveland, Texas was captured in a smaller Texas town called Cut and Shoot that was less than 20 miles from where the crime happened after a massive four day … Continue reading
just another war? don’t get used to it, please
Olena Zelenska is the wife of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and during an exclusive interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America this week revealed what she wanted most from the United States: “Don’t get used to this war.” Point … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged gun violence, olena zelenska, us and soviet union in cold war, uvalde massacre, volodymyr zelenskyy, vote as if your life depends on it, vote to protect democracy, war in ukraine
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no one is born hating
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes … 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 buffalo shooting, failure of our democracy, gun violence, manifesto, mother emanuel ame massacre, nelson mandela, russian soldier being tried in ukraine for war crimes, supreme court decision on roe v wade, teaching children to hate rather than love, white replacement conspiracy
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unfinished business: a man of letters
In the summer of 2018 I published eleven stories focused on letters written during WWII by my father to my mother, his mother and others. I ended the series with the assurance that I had other letters written by my … Continue reading
Posted in family life, Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, Reflections, Slice of Life, sports, The Way Life Is, The Way Life Should Be
Tagged 1950s education, 8th air force, basketball and baseball high school coach, brazoria, covid, dallas cowboys, earth burning, fishing, grimes county texas, gun violence, hunting quail, letter writing, miami florida building collapse, richmond, segregated schools, southern baptist churches in richards, sports teams, WWII veteran
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a hard candy Christmas
I’ll be just fine and dandy, Lord it’s like a hard candy Christmas. I’m barely getting through tomorrow, but still I won’t let sorrow bring me way down. —— Carol Hall lyrics from the musical The Best Little Whorehouse in … Continue reading
Posted in Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Random, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is
Tagged carol hall, dolly parton, gun violence, hard candy christmas, newtown conn, statesmen and stateswomen in Congress, the best little whorehouse in texas, vitriolic discourse
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today I need a little help
Dear Anybody, More images of killings in our streets, parking lots, playgrounds, classrooms, movie theaters, night clubs, houses of worship, baseball fields, homes, offices, You Name the Scene of another one before Shazam does. Another series of cases of blatant … Continue reading
A Hard Candy Christmas
I’ll be just fine and dandy, Lord it’s like a hard candy Christmas. I’m barely getting through tomorrow, but still I won’t let sorrow bring me way down. —— Carol Hall lyrics from the musical The Best Little Whorehouse in … Continue reading
Posted in Lesbian Literary, Life, Personal, politics, racism, Random, Reflections, Slice of Life, The Way Life Is
Tagged carol hall, dolly parton, gun violence, hard candy christmas, newtown conn, statesmen and stateswomen in Congress, the best little whorehouse in texas, vitriolic discourse
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I'll Call It Like I See It 