Image Credit: Pavlo T @ Unsplash Charles headed home after a boring meeting filled with long-winded speakers whose perception of the world as fair was very different from his own. The other stockbrokers bought into the lies that everyone has equal opportunity to be great. They believed that they are lions of industry and legends... Continue Reading →
Wear Your Best to Represent the Lord: A Devotional
Art in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, May 30, 2023 Colossians 3: 11-14 Here there is no Gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all. Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each... Continue Reading →
Ode to Single Mothers: You Are True Winners
Art from the GIANTS exhibition at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia The jury has deliberated. I can confidently say That you are winners, Because of the things you do each day. You juggle jobs, kids, and friendships, Showing your love for others. It’s no jest that you are queens, The kindest people and... Continue Reading →
We Have Snow! It’s Beautiful, But Few Know How to Drive in It!
We only get snow in our part of Georgia maybe once a year! It is always beautiful, but because we are not used to it, accidents and wrecked cars end up everywhere. Northerners who have moved here believe that they can still go wherever they wish. They laugh at us for closing schools and offices.... Continue Reading →
When Hatefulness Comes Home to Roost: Fandango Story Starter
He woke with a gasp, the metallic taste of blood filling his mouth. The hair on his neck bristles from the fear that his foes may have followed him and will continue to try to hurt him. Colin had known that spewing hateful words at the young woman in the lace dress just because she... Continue Reading →
Time to Let Myself Out of the Prison of Self-Protection
I missed the 55th high school reunion last month. I paid the money to attend, and at the last moment, I used having a small cold to change my mind. I had not seen most of the 511 other alumni for the whole 55 years. I was determined to put my fears of what might... Continue Reading →
Staying in the Present Allows Us to Appreciate Right Now
Daily writing promptDo you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?View all responses For years, I spent so much time focused on the past that I failed to appreciate the small moments in my days. I missed the sunrises and sunsets, too busy wondering what I could have done better. I... Continue Reading →
Seeing My History in the Quilts and Art in the High Museum Was Wonderful
GIANTS, High Museum of Art, January 3, 2025. Douglas and I went to the High Museum of Art in Atlanta on yesterday. I didn't want to miss the two exhibitions that featured black artists and black women quilters. I had been sick a lot over the holidays, even missing the 55th high school reunion because... Continue Reading →
In a Garden, We Become One in Our Love of Flowers
Gibbs Garden, Ball Ground, GA, December 2024 Douglas and I visited a garden located about 90 minutes from our home. It is Gibbs Garden, and we were fortunate to go on the last day that they were open in 2024. It was the end of the Japanese Maples blooming, and it was so cold that... Continue Reading →
One University, But the College of Life was the Best One
Daily writing promptWhat colleges have you attended?View all responses I earned all of my degrees from one university, Georgia State University, and at age 73, I am still earning degrees there, mainly because now it is free. I have a BA. Ma, and PhD in Sociology, and I am working on a MA in Religious... Continue Reading →
