Tag: Author Linda Mims

AARP Presents Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

.Reading time 6 minutes.

Women’s History Month As I mentioned in an earlier post, Friday, March 8, I joined hundreds of viewers and watched AARP Movies for Grownups’ presentation of “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am”, directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.  Aside from the experience of viewing this production online and actively commenting with almost 2000 other viewers, I came away with […]

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My Poinsettias Knew the Holidays were Over

.Reading time 3 minutes.

Two Thousand and Twenty-four has settled in. My poinsettias knew it about a week before Christmas. They had grown spindly, and the leaves were dropping at a rate of two a day no matter how much I watered them. A glorious red poinsettia that I bought at Costco still flourishes so that everyone remarks on […]

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Write What’s in Front of You

.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’m guilty of thinking I have nothing to talk about on my blogs. Who’d want to hear what I have to say, and it’s not until I check out what other bloggers say that I’m surprised by what has escaped me. This month is the 50th Anniversary of Hip-hop. That means the original hip-hoppers are 60 […]

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A Snow Day Spoils Halloween

.Reading time 3 minutes.

Snow over the course of the day, yesterday was its own source of trick or treat. While immigrants camping on the streets of downtown Chicago found it magical to see their first snow. Native Chicagoans and their children were mortified. Moms and kids had been curating outfits, wigs, and makeup for months, even matching candy […]

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