“This I Know”

Magnolia Leaves and Loropetalum The year 2024 is coming to an end. No matter what has happened up to this point, as with every year, it is ending with festivities…Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve. Each celebration is one filled with colorful lights, decorated trees, bows and garland, gifts, family,…

The things I write here are true…almost unbelievable when you think it all happened in the United States of America in the early ‘50’s and 60’s…but let’s not forget, the setting is the plains of Alabama. The living was not easy. Living was hard for black people and so were the living conditions. There are…

I write this as we end the week of Thanksgiving. I guess this post could be about how celebrating Thanksgiving has evolved over my life time, but that is another story. This week’s post is about the woman who brought me, God’s creation, into the world…Momma. My mother, like me, was born and raised in…

Words…I love words…word puzzles, words from a random mix of letters, “Scrabble”, “Hang Man”, “Wordle”, “WordPlay”…words. I like words because they help to build your vocabulary as well as aid in the ability to convey what you are thinking…what’s on your heart. This blog is made up of words. Without words, it is a blank…

Why is it we deny our age not wanting to reveal it and take costly steps to camouflage it? Why do we see aging as a bad thing when if you live long enough, it is inevitable. Aging is not a bad thing when you see the benefits of it…longevity (the length or duration of…