The Conclusion of My Experiences of a Barred Society Bars. I have been sharing of my experiences as a visitor on death row. Today, I will wrap up this topic, but I have a heart for this subject. If you’d like to continue a discussion offline, I would be happy to sit a spell. After …
The Continuation of My Experiences of a Barred Society Prison. It is a tricky subject to talk about much less write about. Most people have very strong feelings one way or the other. Last evening my husband and I were discussing our week ahead. I mentioned that I would be working on part 3 of …
The Continuation of My Experiences of a Barred Society Last week, I started a short blog series entitled, “Bars.” Sorry if the title fooled some of you. As you now know, the bars I am blogging about are prison bars. I wanted to share my experience as a prison volunteer for inmates on Tennessee’s Death …
My Experiences of a Barred Society Bars. What image comes to mind? A place you go after work where everyone knows your name? A scene of friends, laughter, music, noise. Right? For me it conjures up a very different scene. What many do not know about me is that I have spent the last fifteen …
Art by Moon Diva Art A heart of grief. My family experienced another loss last week. This time is was my last living uncle. Since December 2018 my husband and I have attended the funerals of seven family members. A mother (me), two sisters (one for each), two uncles (me), two cousins (me). That is …
The sunset after the storm. I have been busy with family over the past week so I have not had a lot of time to think about what I wanted to write about this week. Here it is Monday afternoon, and I am just now sitting down to my keyboard. How does life get so …
What to do when your day goes south? At the time I write this, it is Monday. I awoke refreshed from a good night’s rest ready to tackle Monday. I should have known better. In making some updates to the website, I managed to delete a whole section. I do not know how I did …
Woman in the Mirror by Artist, William Meade Prince – Oil on Canvas, 1923 Are You Selfish? Selfishness vs. Self-Preservation. What is the difference, and why is it important to differentiate? Over the past week these two topics have been on my mind. Most of us are taught early in life to avoid being selfish …
Happy Valentine’s Day! Hallmark’s Holiday of Love Day of Love! I prefer this over Valentine’s Day because not everyone is in a romantic relationship. Hallmark is a master of creating days to sell their cards – and more power to them. We all love a good Hallmark card. We have attics, basements, boxes, and scrapbooks …
Have a slice of insomnia – fresh baked! Insomnia. Well known to women ‘of a certain age.’ I hate that term, don’t you? What that means is women over the age of 50. Women in pre-mid-post-menopausal years. Women who have more gray hair and wrinkles. Women who get chin hairs and crazy eyebrows. (What’s up …
