Category Archives: Health, Wellness, Lifestyle

IT’S THE THIRD OF JUNE…

It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day. I was out choppin’ cotton and my brother was balin’ hay… Today is June third. I’ve posted before about the enigmatic ballad sung by Bobbie Gentry back in the … Continue reading

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Not All Mothers Have Human Babies

Happy Mother’s Day, no matter who your babies are. According to the media, Mother’s Day is a time to buy, buy, buy! Though meant to celebrate mothers, it too often leaves us feeling left out or disappointed. When we don’t … Continue reading

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THE LONG, DARK SPECTER OF COVID-19

Don’t underestimate the effects of COVID-19. It can impact the rest of your life. COVID’s over—right? We’ve all got our vaxes and are moving on, returning to our “normal” lives… Right? Sure, people are still getting COVID, but it’s nothing … Continue reading

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LIFE WITH ANXIETY: THE COMIC CON

You may already know how much I love Comic-Cons and conventions. If you’ve never seen your favorite actors in person, answering your questions, talking ad lib, making jokes, and doing skits, you are missing a whole dimension of entertainment. For … Continue reading

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TERY – A EULOGY

My friend died last week. We hadn’t talked for fifteen years. There was a falling out over lifestyle choices. But before that, she was my bestie, all the way back to our college days at PCC. We met during a … Continue reading

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IT’S A GREAT YEAR TO REUSE YOUR OLD CALENDAR!

What do 2023, 2017, 2006, 1995, and 1989 have in common? Turns out that date-wise, they have everything in common. Those years and many more are exactly the same. I learned this by checking a Perpetual Calendar, a list that … Continue reading

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IT WAS THE THIRD OF JUNE… Still Haunting

For the past few years I’ve written a tribute post on this day to one of the most haunting songs of my youth. I was 15 when  Bobbie Gentry’s 1967 Southern Gothic ballad “Ode to Billie Joe” came out on … Continue reading

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DESPITE THE DARKNESS

  The first thing I saw when I opened my inbox this morning was the quote from Desmond Tutu*, “Hope is being able to see light despite all of the darkness.” To find this in front of me today was, … Continue reading

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Not All Mothers Have Human Babies

Happy Mother’s Day, no matter who your babies are. Mother’s Day can be a difficult time for a lot of people: those of us who have lost a mother, those who have lost a child, those who have not been … Continue reading

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2-YEAR LOCKDOWN CHALLENGE

One of this year’s most popular trends, is the #10YearChallenge. Everywhere you go on social media, you find people posting side-by-side photographs of themselves ten years apart. The posts are fun and interesting. We can see how much we’ve changed … Continue reading

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