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I mean, she really, really disliked Rosalynn Carter. It was a visceral thing. Having nothing to do with politics. I’m sure she voted for Jimmy, what with her being a life long Democrat. She approved of him. It was his wife she didn’t like. It was a third-rail thing with her. A land-mine. You never knew what would kick it off but […]
It doesn’t take much these days to send a perfectly good conversation into ridiculous and macabre territory. That’s what happened during a phone chat recently with a dear friend of many years and one who has a year or two on me. We took a turn into the morbid with much laughter as a consequence. […]
Dear, Dear, Dr. Fauci, What have you gotten yourself into? Oh, how I wish you’d called me before you agreed to be the face of Covid 19. See, here’s the problem. You actually read. A lot. You study the facts, you absorb them, you evaluate them and then you make informed decisions. You come to […]
Dear Sallie, We, here at Amazon, would like to request your presence….virtually, of course….in our daily meetings/briefings about the coronavirus and the ways it affects our products and delivery system. As we’re sure you know, every single thing, and we mean EVERY single thing you buy, goes into our complex and thorough algorithms systems. FYI, […]
When we were in the process of moving, again, in mid-March, the specter of a pandemic was out there. Worrying, concerning, confusing. We were moving fast, working hard, trying to settle in before….well, we didn’t know exactly what was coming but we knew we wanted to be ready. Since I was already a little lame […]
When our three boys were in elementary school, I had some level of control over what they wore. Off they’d go in their khaki pants, cute little striped polo shirts and dock-siders. Kid-prep, all the way. Dressed for Success. The oldest and the youngest complied nicely. They stuck to the rules and never made a […]
It was a big day. It was time for my trip to the bone/foot doctor who would, I hoped, remove the bulky cast from my foot/leg. He would take away my scooter and set me free. I could get back to life at a somewhat normal level. I could roam around the house, go up and down stairs, […]
First question to self: Are you awake? Answer: Obviously. Second question to self: Are you woke? Answer: Hmmmmm….. I’ll have to think about that. And, so I have. The word – woke – gets used, a lot, in matters of racism and social justice. We’ve heard it repeatedly in the recent reporting of George Floyd’s death and subsequent marches. Sadly, the […]
Once upon a time, our venerable news anchors….Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley and others… ended their programs by thanking us, their viewers, for inviting them into our homes. That doesn’t happen anymore, of course. Now, in this new world, what with the virus and all, the cable news anchors and pundits are reporting from their homes […]
The Mister and I frequently find ourselves going against the grain, swimming against the tide. We’re there again with the question of continued quarantine vs. a safe return to life as we knew it. As states continue to open up for businesses and services, our world is following. Lapping it up. Enjoying life. We, on the […]
And it’s a good thing he does. Scooter-bound as I am, we’d have nothing to eat if he didn’t. Or, perhaps more importantly, nothing to drink. Normally, he comes home with bags of groceries and some essential hardware items in his arms. Imagine my surprise when, just yesterday, he arrived home with a smart young […]
A week or so ago, I suggested to the Governor of Georgia that he might “Make Haste Slowly” so we can “Function in Disaster” but “Finish in Style” in the reopening of our communities. Those words have boomeranged right back at me and I am trying very hard to follow my own advice. As if […]
Or maybe you don’t. It all depends. Am I the only one who’s not surprised at the resurgence of the chain letter? It seems an obvious way to reach out and touch someone. Anyone. Isolation and boredom are strong incentives to do just that. A good friend sent me a chain letter just this last week. It didn’t ask […]
The following poem, titled “SINCE,” was written by a dear friend in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Since then, that poem’s seen a lot. Been around a few blocks. Written for one, it has adapted and spoken to many other significant events. In its first iteration, a few years after 9/11, my friend, the […]
Love that song. Love hearing Ray Charles belt it out. Don’t love what Georgia’s doing right now by opening for business-as-usual when things aren’t. That Savannah, GA is quite often our go-to town for doctors, doses of southern charm, great food and boutique shops causes me angst. All of that reminds me of my old high school mottoes […]