Embrace Your Age and Embrace Your Privilege

October 9, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

Happy Birthday to me! My actual birthday is in January, but today I’m embracing my true age. I learned to hide my age because my mother felt a woman who’d tell her age would tell anything. My mother once lectured me after an event where I’d shared that I was in my forties. Mama had […]

Local Artists Feature Prominently At Park Forest, Illinois, Art Fair

September 17, 2023.Reading time 8 minutes.

The 67th Annual Park Forest Art Fair Features Local Talent Tall Grass Art Association presented the 67th Annual Art Fair in downtown Park Forest, Illinois Saturday, September 16 through Sunday, Sept. 17. This yearly event highlights Chicago and suburban artists from every medium. The art ranged from metal and bronze designs to fine art, photography, warm-fused […]

Sunday Musings

March 5, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Mac is Here! Mac was over this weekend. Some of you will remember my 3-year-old genius grandson. He doesn’t like baby talk or simplified explanations, and he has no problem asking for help if a task is difficult. He hangs at his grandfather’s elbow to watch a repair or a build. If he doesn’t understand […]

Movie Pick for AA History Month, The Woman King

February 28, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

Now Streaming on Netflix Though it premiered in September 2022, I approached The Woman King hesitantly. I didn’t see it until October. A Hollywood interpretation that would portray the natives as primitive and scantily clothed didn’t appeal to my mind. However, the buzz surrounding the movie interested me. Everybody couldn’t be wrong. The movie opened […]