VIDEO – Rachel Maddow Show: Be afraid, white people! The black people are coming for you!
I’ve been looking for a way to share this clip with you for several days. Thanks to the folks at The Political Carnival* for making it easy. I’d never seen Rachel Maddow’s show before. I actually do not watch the news on purpose, so the Shirley Sherrod scandal was “old news” by the time I’d [...]
Look at me! I’m Guest Posting!
Well.. Who the hell knew that I would end July on such a high note? Last week, I was invited by my TwitterBud, Frank Dickinson @ FrankDickinson.me to write a guest post for his blog. Now, you know my usual reaction. FREAK OUT. But Miss Fear and I had a conversation and the post got [...]
Gathering Up the Pieces I Left Behind
I wrote this post in response to the Day 5 challenge of a program I participated in called “Creating Your Irresistible Presence”. The program was created by the irresistible Sarah Robinson of Escaping-Mediocrity.com. Today’s challenge was issued by Reese Spykerman of Design by Reese. It’s a long one (1200+words) and one that took me 23 [...]
You Bring Me Joy
Today was my 23rd wedding anniversary. This is for Ken. #loveyou #thatisall You bring me joy When I’m down Oh, so much joy When I lose my way your love comes smiling on me I saw your face And then I knew We would be friends I was so afraid but your eyes they’d say [...]
A Change is Gonna Come
Hello luvs! Well, like anything in life, change is inevitable. So goes my blog design. I’ll be playing around with the look and feel over the next couple of days, so please bear with me. Let me know what you like/don’t like and if the navigation works for ya’. Many thanks to Susan @ Partner [...]



