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  • Mothers’ Day 2022–rise up all you mothers

    Since cave men allegedly conked a woman on the head and dragged her back to his cave, women have been treated as sex objects, slaves, non-persons except in their context of ‘mothers’. I believe that women rock this world in more ways besides with their hand on a cradle. Strong women are my sheros. From…

  • Spring works for me!

    Spring has sprung in San Antonio. All the trees are leafing out, and making those dastardly pollen squiggles. Folks are planting their gardens and landscaping plants. Here’s a good article about eco-friendly gardening if you’re interested. Are you still doom scrolling Twitter, Facebook and all the other platforms? Yeah, me too. But, I’ve tried to…

  • Total Eclipse of Normal

    Since then, folks keep asking, “when will be get back to normal?” The answer is never, forget about it!

  • Celebrate Black History Month by reading

    And, most of all the poems of Langston Hughes. Sadly, this poem is still relevant today. We have not evolved much and even seem to be going backwards as a society and country.

  • When is it too late to say “Happy New Year”? My personal opinion is it’s appropriate all through January, then it becomes tiresome. Also, we forgot our black-eyed peas. I hope that does not forecast a calamitous year. However… things aren’t looking too good in the USA right now. Most days, I open up Facebook,…

  • 2021–the year of the roller-coaster

    2021 should have been better. Instead, it propelled our lives thru loop de loops, ups and downs.

  • Counting on joy

    Often we are asked to list every day what constitutes a joyful experience for us. I never lasted more than a day or two of keeping track. Today, I did think about it because… it’s Sunday.

  • Could things get any more weird?

    I think about so many things every day and sometimes in the middle of the night.

  • Almost cut my hair

    I lived the halcyon days of young adulthood in the sixties and seventies when letting your hair grow out provoked many a conflict–especially for the guys.

  • Waiting on tables

    Last evening, the hubby and I went out for sushi at our favorite restaurant. I don’t know if it was my imagination or not, but it just felt different. There was a sign in the window that said Please be patient as were are short-handed and hiring. Inquiry inside. As pandemic restrictions loosen, less folks…