Recently, I’ve been working on a new short story that was a gift from my muse the day I saw a homeless man on a scooter crossing the road. I was driving to an appointment, but I couldn’t get him out of my mind. Much like other short stories I’ve written that came to me […]
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“Walls turned sideways are bridges.” Angela Davis Davis is an activist, philosopher, academic, scholar, and author; and a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She’s the author of over ten books on class, feminism, race, and the US prison system. The great Civil Rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. was all about building
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Today’s offering is from Inspiring Quotes; a website that is becoming a favorite of mine. The daily quote often makes me stop and ponder the message, and I think it’s good to ponder now and then. Often, the quote I read on the website will stir enough thoughts that I’m compelled to write about the
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Okay, I have nothing against the state of West Virginia. In fact, I love the mountains and the people, especially all my father’s extended family. I have fond memories of vacations spent there in the summer when days always ended with homemade ice cream and visits at Thanksgiving when the hillsides were blanketed with snow.
Since I’m plumb out of ideas and time but wanted to have a new blog post up, I thought I’d see what Slim Randles has to offer as a holiday-themed essay, and this is a good one. He’s given us glimpses of Mabel’s life in the retirement home before, always presented in a warm, thoughtful
The following excerpt is taken from my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant And a Paycheck. Some of this has been on my blog before, but it’s always nice to look back on past holidays and good times with family. For several years, I wrote a weekly column for the Plano Star-Courier. That column was
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First, I’ll give you a moment to say, “Aw” after seeing the cute kitten. Who could resist that face? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I seem to preface many blog posts with, “I didn’t want to do it.” And this is another case of that. But, you who read my missives know that I can’t hold back when I
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Who else remembers having to recite this poem in school? “In fourteen hundred ninety-two. Columbus sailed the ocean blue. … He sailed by night; he sailed by day;” There was a little ditty we used to sing, too, but I can’t remember it, nor can I find it on the Internet. I’ll be honest, I never was much
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Slim Randles is making a visit to the blog today with a nice story about hunting. My interest in hunting tends to follow that of Jasper in this story. It’s not that I have anything against hunting, and have even done some in my past, but that was more for the pleasure of being outdoors
Happy Monday Everyone Earlier this summer, when we had rain here in my corner of Texas, I took this photo of the birds wetting their whistles. Since we’ve been weeks now without moisture, and none forecast for this week or next, I thought I’d remind myself what a rain puddle looks like. ๐ Today’s Quote
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