[December 4, 2023] My great aunt Marie Tabor was a beautiful woman, tall, energetic, smart, articulate, motivated, and dedicated to my Mom. She was the sister of my maternal Bigmama (Grandmother Blankenship). Aunt Rea lived her entire life in Little Rock, Arkansas, in a classic upscale neighborhood and was a hairdresser. She had no children, which may be… Read More »
[November 7, 2023] It was a big big room, dark and eerily quiet. I entered the first-grade classroom on the first day in the autumn of 1959 in a little town with no traffic lights, Mer Rouge, LA., deep in the antebellum south. The teacher showed an 8mm color home video of her class from the previous school… Read More »
[October 27, 2023] “You’re average at best.” So begins one of America’s most famous and well-respected image consultants, Kevin Samuels. He shot to popularity for his advice, targeted mainly at black women, but applies across all races and cultures. I first heard of the “godfather,” as he is affectionately known in the dating market, from a young man… Read More »
[October 21, 2023] “Old Red” was the best coonhound (a Redbone Hound) on this side of the Mississippi River, and I was happy to know Billy, his owner, and I often went hunting with him and his dog. All three of us were each eight years old, regularly went dove hunting together, successfully, I might add, and we… Read More »
[October 5, 2023] I’m late posting today, as I got home this morning after many hours in the waiting room of my local hospital ER. All is well, but it is wearing on my old body. News from the White House is that First Dog, Commander, is out. The reason has something to do with Commander biting Secret… Read More »
[September 7, 2023] Sergeant Jimmy John Grayson was an NCO in my U.S. Army Platoon back when I was a new Lieutenant. One day, he came to me to tell a story about a young woman he had met and wanted my opinion. I was willing to listen but am usually guarded with my opinions, especially in relationships.… Read More »
[August 17, 2023] Overnight, Oliver Anthony became a sensation with his song “Rich Men North of Richmond.” You gotta love this guy. He does something most men talk about but are afraid to do; he lives off-grid in Virginia with his three dogs (gosh, only three dogs?). To put it gently, the song is a big FU to… Read More »
[August 12, 2023] Wow, my phone has been ringing off the hook. The wild and crazy things going on over the past day or so make it hard to dig into the details, so I am putting out one of my ‘clearing the spindle’ articles. Initially, I would write about lessons from the Hawaii wildfires that killed at… Read More »
[August 7, 2023] I read this story years ago and saved it on my computer desktop. Somehow the article got shuffled around and lost in my many files. Happily, I found it. I think you will agree the story about a man and his dog will touch your heart. The author of this spiritual story is unknown. Please… Read More »
[July 16, 2023] He was an obnoxious, arrogant, self-centered, spiteful bully with a streak of hate running through his black heart. Our family had just moved to a new town, and I was academically transferred to my new Junior High, just a few miles from where I grew up but, in actuality, an entire world away. I… Read More »