In addition to being a writer, I am a few other things, at least one of which sometimes surprises people. When I was a rookie at the Birmingham Police Academy (many years ago) my Physical Training instructor was a short, 71 year-old man. Despite his age and stature, Mr. Alex Marshall was more than a […]
Early in my marriage, a stepson arrived on my doorstep every other weekend as a troubled 8 year old. A learning disability imprisoned him as poor reader and student to the point that all his tests had to be read aloud to him. He didn’t fit in. He knew it and acted out. Naturally, he […]
The last few weeks (during the heat spell, of course), I’ve spent on my knees with copious streams of perspiration running down my face (or as the Southern phrase goes, “sweating like a stuck pig”). A few years ago, I was working full time and squeezing every minute of free time available into writing. The […]
Writer, humanist, dog-mom, horse servant and cat-slave, Lover of solitude and the company of good friends, new places, new ideas and old wisdom. The answer to what love is has defied the […]
Writer, humanist, dog-mom, horse servant and cat-slave, Lover of solitude and the company of good friends, new places, new ideas and old wisdom. Today, I delve into the decade I was […]
Writer, humanist, dog-mom, horse servant and cat-slave, Lover of solitude and the company of good friends, new places, new ideas and old wisdom. The whirling weeks have left me vaguely unsettled, looking for what […]
Writer, humanist, dog-mom, horse servant and cat-slave, Lover of solitude and the company of good friends, new places, new ideas and old wisdom. I just cannot figure it out. How is life still […]
Writer, humanist, dog-mom, horse servant and cat-slave, Lover of solitude and the company of good friends, new places, new ideas and old wisdom. My husband recently had shoulder surgery for a torn rotator cuff. He […]
Writer, humanist, dog-mom, horse servant and cat-slave, Lover of solitude and the company of good friends, new places, new ideas, and old wisdom. My daughter recently posted this on Facebook. […]
Writer, humanist, dog-mom, horse servant and cat-slave, Lover of solitude and the company of good friends, New places, new ideas and old wisdom. What a year it has been, scowls my Grinch. […]