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Dad

This is my dad. This picture was taken in the mid-80s, when I was in high school, so he was probably in his mid- to late-60s. Retired....

Unrest

I think I was probably in middle school the first time I saw footage of 1960s civil rights protestors being attacked by dogs and fire...

Maths

I have no problem admitting that I can not do math. I figure it's better to let people know up front in order to manage their...

Grateful

My friend Carmen posted on Facebook about stress and fighting it with gratitude during this crazy time. She listed the things that have...

Disrupted

Well, here we are. Before the lockdown, before the run on toilet paper and the masks and the talk of flattening curves, my husband was...

It's Finally Happening!

That headline might feel a bit hyperbolic to you. So let's back up a space. We moved into this house in 2014. For six years I have lived...

Ranch Dressing

I'm not sure why I like the show The Ranch. I just do. We all have things like that in our life, don't we? Things that have no redeeming...

The Proust Questionnaire

The Proust Questionnaire has its origins as a parlor game popularized (although not created) by Marcel Proust. The French essayist and...

Connecting

Last fall I had my 35th high school reunion. I can't remember if I wrote about it here? My co-chair and I dressed up as Tina Turner and...

So Many Nights

I don't even know how to start this post except just to go ahead and drop it on you: One day this week I listened to Debbie Boone's album...

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I'm a southern girl.

I grew up in Mississippi, lived in Memphis for 25 years, then moved to New Orleans in 2012 when my husband and I became emptynesters.

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