Known as "The Bank," the Baltimore Ravens will play here today. I took this photo walking to my car after leaving an Orioles game during Pride Week. Some Love For The Baltimore Ravens As I was waking up this morning, but still in a sleepy fog, I thought it was Monday. I knew it was raining… Continue reading
Lucy in the kitchen. Note the Christmas Tree-like shape on her back I haven't posted a blog since April 2023 and as I turn the page on the calendar I want to be sure I pay adequate tribute to the best friend a girl could ever have, my beloved Lucy pictured above. When Lucy died… Continue reading I Love Lucy
Photo by Marta Wave on Pexels.com So, where can someone go to be happy? I ask this question because I often consider getting into my car and driving to Nirvana, but I don’t know where it is. I hear song lyrics in my head about not looking in my rear-view mirror and I just want… Continue reading Nirvana
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I began writing on a daily basis about 3 years ago, after the pandemic started, when a new-found friend I met in a Zoom room Life Coaching class introduced me to The Artists Way by Julia Cameron. I had been using Zoom for meetings for years at work and at… Continue reading Growing in 2023
“Can I get you anything else, hon?” “How ‘bout ‘dem O’s, hon.” “Have a good day, hon.” “Hon, your coat belt is dragging on the ground” And my personal favorite, when my husband ordered mashed potatoes with his sour beef at the local diner, the waitress (all the waitresses here grew up in South Baltimore)… Continue reading Downy Ocean, Hon
My neighborhood grocery store closed after decades of serving the community in which I grew up and currently live. I’m struggling to balance the hurt of seeing photos online of empty shelves with pleasant memories that keep flooding back in my visual recall. Not satisfied with the word of mouth and articles of announcement that… Continue reading Grocery Store Blues
When I was in the fourth grade, I fell off a cannon and broke my elbow. It happened on the President’s Day school holiday multiple decades ago. Although they say I went into shock when it happened, I still recall everything about it: From my mother calling over her shoulder as I walked out the… Continue reading Broken Bones and Cannons/Talking With My Grandfather
It all started when they stopped serving Diet Coke. “We don’t carry coke products anymore,” the food vendor said. And an ever so slight chill went up my spine at the utterance of the words. So slight, it was nearly undetected. I don’t recall the exact date but I know it was prior to July… Continue reading My Happy Place
I dove head first into the social online communities that sprung up on the internet beginning in March of 2020 (we all know what happened in March 2020), and I remain, 18 months later, in awe of my good fortune. Already more than a year into an online program for my soul, I met a… Continue reading Driving To Malibu
Let’s talk bats. Since I am not an expert on this subject, I’ll be doing a little research as I write this story. Let’s learn together, shall we? The purpose of this story is because every day I see a bunch of bats flying around in a group outside my house. Is that what we… Continue reading Bats in the City
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