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It is so difficult finding the beat to which one walks, tall and proud, in a society where only certain tangibles matter. It is even more difficult to walk to that beat. How can a representative who just voted against the best interests of his constituency say–They’ll get over it. How cruel, amoral, heartless, greedy,…

I live in city where it can be raining on one side of the street and the other side is dryer than a desert. If I hadn’t experienced it, I would’ve said it was a tall tale. When it happens, one can only look at the sky and marvel at Mother Nature’s capriciousness. I just…

The proverb quoted below…when I read it…I couldn’t decide whether or not it was honoring or sarcastically dismissing women. This particular proverb could mean either. However, this quote may have originated in Ethiopia…but when? The ancient Ethiopia that was in what is now modern day Sudan and was known as Kush? In Kush, there was…

If the Liberty Bell could talk… Seems like a long time ago, I was in Philadelphia for a conference. While there, one of my goals was to see the Liberty Bell. In my mind, the Liberty Bell was this huge metal bell with a crack in it. I imagined that its peal would be heard…

A storm-felled tree and, not three months later, the tree is sprouting. If this tree were in a forest, as the mother tree decomposed, the twigs would compete for dominance on their mother’s decomposing body and only one would win to rule the clearing made by its mother and her home for hundreds of years.…

I missed it! In Season 6 of Perry Mason, there was a judge who was Black. However, the writers and/or producers gave him no lines to speak. Probably to appease the racist South that would not broadcast a show that featured a Black person in a position of authority. Because of that, neither Perry nor…

I just happened to look out the window when I saw, what I thought were two cats, streaking toward the abandoned railroad. Curious, I went out to see if the cats were running from something or just chasing each other. Was I surprised to see two rabbits, well fed rabbits, resting under a tree in…

I think Perry Mason‘s theme is the trigger for many of my memories. I hadn’t given much thought to my childhood. I grew up on a dusty gravel road that had few residents and was little traveled. The mailman was the only constant. Sometimes the county sent a grader to even out the ruts and,…

The purple iris is Tennessee’s State flower. I have four beds of irises–all different colors. When I was growing up, we called them Flags”. Interesting side note: Irises were commonly known as “Flags” up until the early part of the twentieth century. Irises were called “Flags” which is derived from the middle English word “flagge”…

Constitution of the United States: Article II   Yet, we have a president who has said in an interview in answer to the question–“Don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?” This is in the oath of office he’s taken twice, and yet he replied, “I don’t know. I have to respond…