Just because somebody’s kin, you don’t have to like him, but you can’t bust your buttons telling tales about his funeral else kinfolk you do like might be hurt. … [Read More...]
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Sparks Fly for Old Lovers
The husband leans over and asks his wife, "Do you remember the first time we had sex together over fifty years ago? We went behind the village … [Read More...]
Personal Essay
Farewell Toaster Oven
Toaster Oven Dec., 1959-Sept., 2018 You were a wedding gift 59 years ago. You’ve made our toast every morning and reheated our snacks. We remember who gave you to us. We intended to write GE to tell them about you, but didn’t. You outlived GE’s small appliance division anyway. You made our toast yesterday and […]
March for Our Lives—Atlanta
MARCH FOR OUR LIVES—ATLANTA March 24, 2018 “I hid in a closet Feb. 14. and I’m not hiding anymore. I’m not hiding from my government, not hiding from the NRA, not hiding from guns. And most of all I am not hiding from change.” Carly Novell, Parkland High survivor 30,000 in Atlanta, millions across the […]
Goodbye, Winston…..revisiting a memory
Goodbye, Winston. When I agreed to foster Winston early in December, 2013, I thought he’d be around only a few weeks. He stayed four months. Just out of a bad situation of neglect, he was so happy to have a home, people to love—and a name—that he followed my every step. I’m sedentary, though, and […]