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No Matter How Beautiful Your Garden … There’s Always a Slug

October 10, 2021 by admin 2 Comments

Photo by Egor Kamelev from Pexels It sat there, nestled in all its brownish, gelatinous, pulsating goo, nestled against the stem of my only jumbo strawberry plant like it was nestled in with a ... READ the POST

We’re Too Young to go Gently into that Good Night

September 28, 2021 by admin Leave a Comment

Photo by Starnes at Nappy Black Gen X women aren’t done yet. We’re not ready to go gently. Heck, why should we? That’s like giving up. We don’t do that. Gen X black women are still alive and ... READ the POST

Are You Tired of Hearing About Personal Growth?

September 1, 2021 by admin Leave a Comment

Featured Image by DepositPhotos Everybody's always talking about how we should do new things and try new things. You need to go out and meet new people, they say. Go to new places. Expand your ... READ the POST

I’m Here … Present and Accounted For!

August 26, 2021 by admin Leave a Comment

Way back in 2018 when I was a new personal essayist, I joined Medium with my article citing five reasons why we Gen X women should seek to find our shine by searching for the things that feed our ... READ the POST

The first wave of regret came mid-pan when I realized I had an extra hour and a half every day and yet didn’t do anything substantial with it. That really sucked because I always thought with an extra hour everyday I could finish every half-written book on my hard drive.