I Don’t Want a Convicted Felon for My President
The world was different when The United States was created. Character was more important to most people; I still aspire to know people of good character and to be a person of high integrity but as a society we have become confused so I have to actually say I don’t...
5 Books for May 2024
I am sort of listening to Tiffany Haddish in her interview on Colbert while I am typing up what I already wrote earlier and she is talking about her new book. I love listening to her. She is a a hoot! So her new book is called: I Curse You With Joy…I think I will have...
Learning About Artificial Sweeteners
The article was originally posted on Wellness Works NWon May 21, 2024. I was recently watching TV and a commercial came on that said that artificial sweeteners caused strokes. I don’t eat foods with artificial sweeteners because they cause my GERD to flare up but I...
Book Review: The Ark and the Dove The Story of Noah’s Wife by Jill Eileen Smith
The Ark and the Dove The Story of Noah’s Wife by Jill Eileen Smith is based on the scriptures from the bible found in Genesis 5:32 through 10:1 where we can learn about what was happening during the time of Noah and the building of the ark and what it was like to be...
Book Review: The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson
Emmett Till was a black 14 year old boy, raised in Chicago, that had come for a visit to his great-uncle, Moses Wright’s sharecropping farm in Mississippi. Before he left Chicago, he was told by his mother to not look white people in the eye and refer to them as sir...
The Apology
I have been angry for a few weeks. I knew somewhere I needed to make amends but I didn't know where the apology was supposed to be headed until today. My sister, Jamie Holloway, sent me a link to the cover song version of "Voices Carry" sung by Kate Hudson. I really...
But God
It was supposed to be warm and sunny today but in my dream it was snowing The silence was not available because you were there to judge as always You hate me because I am gay I wanted to call you a slut because the man you are married to is not your first but he is a...
You’ll Always Be My Good Boy Kitty
It has been a little over a week since you went home to Jesus I still have the bruises on my arthritic knees from when I got on the floor to look under the bed to make sure you were still alive I still have your claw marks on my thigh from when I was washing you...
Lack of Self-Discipline Betrays Passions
College is a time when we are supposed to learn to think. We often learn more about ourselves and figure out where we stand politically. For many of us, it is the first time we see ourselves separately from our families enough to be able to decide where we stand on a...
Book Review: Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
I have always enjoyed Matthew McConaughey in movies and interviews. I have always been able to see that he is authentic and wise. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey is a autobiography that showcases how he has gotten to be that way. He is honest with himself and with...