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Looking at Life in Small Pieces

Category: Life

  • This summer, I agreed to go on a road trip to South Dakota with some friends.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • Lighting the corners of my mind

    My memories are lighting up the corners of my mind–a lot. Sometimes it’s with candle light and other times with strobes!

  • 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.

  • Freedom and Fireworks

    On this particular July 4th 2021, I get a feeling that America is on shaky ground.

  • 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…