Archive for the ‘Looking Back’ Category

• Trash In The White House

  Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

  I was unfamiliar with Tammy Bruce until today when I read she had called our first lady, Michelle Obama, TRASH! I had to take a step backwards and breathe deeply to keep from screaming. On what planet and what universe can this smart, sophisticated, cultured lady be called trash? What would start the tirade that [...]

• How old is grandpa

  Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

  Since you are reading this, it means you have a computer. It also means you get tons of e-mail from spam to things that touch the heart and the funny bone. One such e-mail came to me this week and I have been chuckling about it for days. The title was: “How old is Grandpa?” [...]

• A musical Note hits the road

  Monday, February 2nd, 2009

  I am one of four siblings three girls and one boy. My brother was a somewhat quiet but mischievous child. Since there is almost six years difference in our ages, I took on the role of little mother. While in high school I decided to join the band and tried to tackle the tenor saxophone. [...]

• Grandmas. You Gotta love Them!

  Sunday, January 11th, 2009

  Most African Americans are a mixture of many races. My family is no exception. My maternal Grandmother was African American, American Indian (Tuscarora), and Chinese. She was short, thin, wiry, and had waist length hair. She was very quiet and even as a child I realized there were some strange ways about her. She was [...]

• Southern Love 60′s Style

  Friday, January 9th, 2009

  I never throw anything away. I am a pack rat and its genetics passed on from my mother. She would find things in stores and bring them home even if no one in our house could use it. Case in point. There were some dresses she brought home after shopping one day. They were too [...]