Mammogram? Every 12 Months?
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and this is November. Soooo, I’m late—or am I? Actually, I have a reason for making this blog a...
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- Nov 2, 2020
Uncertain About What’s Next
Friday, October 30, 2020 Four days of rain where we live. It affects us. No doubt, the earth needs the water, and we need the...
- Oct 26, 2020
Focus and Click
David Budbill wrote a short poem that can be found in his poetry book Happy Life. A Certain Slant of Light A certain slant of light this...
- Oct 19, 2020
The Heart of the Educational System
My earliest teachers: my mama and my daddy, Grandma Guffey, Aunt Effie, Aunt Mary Ellen, siblings, too—my older brother, for sure. We...
- Oct 12, 2020
It's a Sure Sign
I’m a big picture person. Not a detail person. It’s a gift and a curse. Names, technology, science, systems elude me. But when it comes...
- Oct 5, 2020
Heroes
When I was a kid, my heroes were Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Gene Autry, Superman, Mighty Mouse. They were the good guys in movies, cartoons,...
- Sep 28, 2020
Autumn, At Last
A new season. I’m ready for the trees to do their thing. I’m ready for color. I’m ready. There’s something almost musical about the trees...
- Jun 15, 2020
Taking a Break
I’ve been sorting thoughts and laundry. After weeks of prayer and contemplation, I’ve concluded that I need to take a three-month break...
- Jun 8, 2020
Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen
Many of us are natural storytellers. I sit and listen to birds tell their stories, too. Only they sing them. Today had already been...
- Jun 1, 2020
The Iris Lady
In keeping ourselves and others safe, some of us have grown tired of staying-in-place. Like any good soldier knows, it takes effort to...
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