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The above is a picture of one of the last of my climbing roses. I took this picture in August. My climbing rose begins blooming in mid to late May and, depending on the weather, will have a bloom or two in September, but not this year. I read an article recently and I do…

The above picture is of my neglected compost heap. In the past, I turned it, was careful with the brown and green, added humus and water and, in return, I was rewarded with a rich soil that I added to my potted plants and raised garden beds. This year, though, there were volunteer tomato and…

Luther Vandross sang a chair is still a chair even when no one’s sitting there. But a chair is not a house… A chair can represent many things such as power/inclusion (seat at the table), but, sometimes a chair is just a chair…a piece of furniture used for sitting. However, in the Montgomery Melee a…

The first weekend in August will henceforth be the celebration weekend for August 8th in A’ville. In a previous post, I told you that August 8th was the day to celebrate emancipation in Tennessee and Kentucky. This is the first celebratory weekend since the end of COVID. Rain, rain, and more rain until after the…

Fire can cleanse, so new beneficial flora can flourish. But, some people attract fire…to their detriment. I had a family member…wherever they lived…every house…burned to the ground. No one died, but all possessions lost. If there was a lesson to learn from all those fires, I doubt they learned it. What we’re dealing with today…

The posted picture doesn’t depict what I intended. I see a path beginning in light, continuing into dusk/darkness. Does the path meander through light again? Don’t know…the picture only shows the beginning. What I thought I was taking a picture of was an exposed root that humped from the earth like a serpent’s back. And…

I grew up in a family with three generations in visiting distance. So, along with my generation, there were four living generations of my family. When all the aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. would get together, every room in the house was occupied, the porch was crowded, every tree had chairs under their shade, children were…

Pick a penny pate; never a penny tail. Pick a penny pate and good luck will be your fate. Who tells us this stuff? I had to think hard on the last part, but I did not want a mundane retelling of an old superstition and the second sentence had to have the end rhyme.…

I’ve tried for years to naturalize calla lilies. The lilies would never produce any flowers, even though they have spread quite nicely. This year…a bloom! Why do I care? Obviously, there’s a subset of those who look like me and it might be quite large that doesn’t care. A male who appears to be Black…

We use words to communicate. In the English language, we use the same word to mean different things…all depends on context. Take the word “blue”. Are we talking about a color or a feeling? Take the word “stroke”. Are you referring to a medical condition? A hand movement sensuous or otherwise? A line on a…