This past week I attended a wonderful book club meeting in Nashville to discuss ‘Small Moments.’ There were several comments that gave me plenty to think about on my drive back home. One in particular gave credence to the idea that my father may have had some degree of Asperger’s. If this is indeed true,… Continue Reading
The multiple colors of Crepe Myrtle offer respite from the overwhelming green in the state of Tennessee. Given to us by English gardeners, these blossom-covered trees are clearly less succulent than the tropical canopy that looms over our everyday affairs. Instead, they are like elegant elderly women sitting amongst pulsating, sweaty youngsters, cheerfully providing reminders… Continue Reading
The summer is half over and I’ve finally landed in front of my computer. There is nothing like a move, or multiple moves in a short time, to distract a person from writing. Still, in the mist of all the upheaval, I have found a subject that has captured my imagination. I now live in… Continue Reading
by Cosmos I reread my last blog about elderly racists making public statements as a way to let the world know who they are before they die. This was validated yesterday when the elderly owner of a predominately African American basketball team was recorded saying he did not want his girl friend to be seen… Continue Reading
Recently, there was news of the kind of racism that the Civil Rights Movement highlighted and tried to end – an old Klu Klux Klan member attacked members of a Synagogue and a cattle rancher voiced his own peculiar vileness about African Americans on live TV. It was hard not to be shocked until I… Continue Reading