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A Bit of a Day
So a thing happened today. I sent in my application for grad school. Which is kind of crazy, since I'm 54 and have been out of college...
Are you there God? It's Me, Kalisa
EDITOR'S NOTE: If you didn't know by the title that this post is about the books of Judy Blume, then this post may not be for you. Also,...
Me & Vincent
Of all the fine arts, painting is perhaps the one I understand the least. But I do get Van Gogh. When I sat in front of Starry Nights in...
My Muppet History
My muppet history begins with Sesame Street, but my family's history with Jim Henson's creations go back much further than that. I am of...
Babysitter
Sometimes the weirdest memories come to me out of nowhere. When I was in high school, my only real side job was babysitting. I sat for...
Joy to my little world
Well this was an unexpected result of the longest, most treacherous, most trying, worst ever year of my life. I have caught the Christmas...
Between the Covers
This year, I took the goodreads challenge and set a goal to read 50 books. I surpassed that thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Turns out...
Don't let the door hitcha, 2020
Lawd...have we ever wanted a year to end more than this one? I can't even stand to see my Facebook memories. Last Christmas we were in...
Public School
I want to tell you what it was like to go to public school in the late 70s. In Mississippi. My family moved to Long Beach, Mississippi,...
My Orphaned Friend - Chapter 1
Chip started watching a movie called Queen's Gambit about an orphan girl who becomes a chess champion. "You'll like this," he told me....
