I have what you might call an accidental garden. When we renovated this house we had no idea what was going to sprout in the yard. It turns out that much of what we thought were weeds are actually coveted bushes. We had dug up some stuff that hadn't reached its prime bloom, … [Read more...] about Lemon Mint G & T – 5:00 Fridays TM
Advocate2Vaccinate During World Immunization Week
Don't google images of children with polio. Consider this a warning. You just googled "children with polio," didn't you? It's hard to imagine life before the polio vaccine. My father in law had polio as a child. Most of people in the women's groups I speak to have lost a … [Read more...] about Advocate2Vaccinate During World Immunization Week
Legacy
Unlike the board game, the game of Life doesn't have all its spaces neatly squared away in order. The natural order of things sometimes goes awry. Through our teens and 20s we see our friends through milestones. There are graduations and degrees and marriages and births. The air … [Read more...] about Legacy
Heart of Haiti in the Heart of Home
I don't work with my hands. I clack on keys as I write, but what I create is ethereal, not tangible. There are beauty in words, but it's not the same as a thing of beauty that strikes you in each passing step. I have a burst of sun that sits atop the table in my entry hall. It's … [Read more...] about Heart of Haiti in the Heart of Home
Mother Nature’s Marvel
We don't need Earth Day to remind us that Gaia herself rules the world. Have you ever stopped to marvel at nature? It is particularly striking this time of year in North Carolina. There's a rainbow bursting in every yard, between the sidewalk cracks, and peeping … [Read more...] about Mother Nature’s Marvel
It’s Hard to Be a White Man
The other day a guy was lamenting to me about how hard it is to be a white man these days. At first I thought he was being ironic. I mean, he was saying this to me, a brown woman. Hearing these words uttered from the lips of a white man left me feeling perplexed. Was he expecting … [Read more...] about It’s Hard to Be a White Man
Thankful for Shots
We have a long-standing family tradition to say our thank you's before dinner. Instead of saying grace, we hold hands and each share something we are thankful for from our day. The only rule is we cannot say we are thankful for a material object. Last weekend, oddly enough, we … [Read more...] about Thankful for Shots