tjsthings
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Odetta (1930-2008)
The voice of the Civil Rights Movement. After a battle with heart disease. She was 77. Read more
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Not the saint I thought I was.
Not at all. Not at all. Usually I let things go and try to be the bigger person and all of that, but today, whoo. I don’t even cuss around my kids, but they heard me use a lot of new and interesting profane word combinations today. Not good. I just got tired of being… Read more
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Invitation.
One of our neighbors who hasn’t lived on the street for very long came over and invited us to some events being held at her church for Christmas. She was so nice, and I’ve never seen her long enough to do anything but wave. I might bake some brownies and take em over or something.… Read more
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Value yourself.
Of all of the articles I have read about AIDS and the monstrous infection rate among communities of color, especially African Americans, that is all I can say to anybody who is engaging in at risk behavior. So many people have died so far and will continue to die because of this disease. So many… Read more