Cluttered House Cluttered Mind – Midlife Purge Part 1
Last updated on January 24th, 2016This is part one of the three-part Midlife Purge series. Your house is a reflection of your life and right now my house and my life are a mess. I have always believed that if …
Echos of a Life
The whir of the air conditioner The hum of the refrigerator The deafening sound of silence Straining to hear the echos of children playing The twitter of birds The conversations of friends The sounds of a life My life Reaching …
Amber’s Hands
Just woke up a few minutes ago. Trying to get myself together to get my day going. Fleeting memories of Amber’s hands pass through my peripheral vision. They look rough from years of dishes. She says they are scarred now …
Top 20 Favorite’s from Mississippi
After spending 4 days in May driving the back roads of Mississippi, I had a deeper understanding of the Civil Rights Movement, Blues, and heat. I also had over 1,000 photos. I have spent hours sorting and have narrowed it …
5 Midlife Lessons on Letting It Go
All my life I have tried to be organized tried to be Martha Stewart, the Domestic Goddess. I even vacuumed in pearls once like June Cleaver. None of it worked. I was still me. Still a single mother, living in the hood, just trying to keep it all together with no clue of exactly what I was supposed to be doing.
Sunshine and a Wringer Washer
Last updated on July 23rd, 2018 Isn’t it strange how sounds can take you back in time. Whenever I wash clothes and hear the sound of the washer agitating it takes me back through the generations of women in my …
Never Lose Sight
Last updated on March 26th, 2015I need to get me a little notebook to keep with me all the time to jot stuff down in or maybe there is a program or app. There’s an app for that! There is …
A Childhood Memory
Last updated on March 26th, 2015I woke up to the smell of bacon and the sounds of the men preparing for a day of long hard work. I heard the women singing hymns as they rattled the pans on the …