Celebrating Our Differences
Recently I looked up and my world had changed significantly. My Babies have babies. Mommy will be 92. Honored to be the officiant at my longest life friend’s homegoing service, along with doing the memorial services for my two Morehouse roommates. And if that’s not enough, I find…
On my road trip to the homecoming for Prarie View A&M University, I experienced the welcome and warmth of an overnight visit with Tresie Lewis Kinnell. Housed in Frisco, TX, outside of Dallas, this subdivision, for me, was reminiscent of the brownstones in Chicago. Kinnell’s house had its…
My backyard Has succumbed to the time of Halloween Walking dead weeds growing insatiably covering Rusted bicycles and rotting pumpkins Time to mow? – Anna Lott, PhD Anna grew up in Alabama, spending her entire childhood in the same house where her parents still live today. Anna is a…
With this paper, I hope to take you on an experiential journey rather than an analytical treatise of how I’ve experienced the mysteries of time and life. There have been many song titles, including one of my own, using the word time, and I borrowed part of…
I met Wanda Gail Campbell at a Unity on the Mountain service over 20 years ago. Since then, she has become Rev. Wanda Gail Campbell, Ph.D. I remain acutely aware of her service to support inclusion and diversity, in her Huntsville, AL community and she has received the…
connect /ka’nekt/ vb: join or associate connection /-‘nektshen n Are we connected? Let me count the ways. How can I? Yes, we share the same time, Planet, Sun, And galaxy. We are all fixed in the now And here. Only our thoughts and imaginings Seek beyond. But even our thoughts Are anchored…
Seize the Moment! Like sand through an hourglass… Time heals all wounds… In time it will reveal… Relationships take time… Time waits for no one… Love takes time… Aging like a fine wine… I’m reclaiming my time… Any of these sayings sound familiar? You probably sang two of…
Lacey Davis was born 36 years ago in Baton Rouge, LA. At 18 months old, she was placed in foster care and stayed in and out of foster homes until age 4. Then her biological parents, both abusive, signed Davis over to the state, of LA, where she…
The Garden Spices editor has a way of planting seeds that sprout and reach out in unexpected directions for nourishment. As a result, I have been accused of obsessing about the word time- it’s connotations and creative interpretations. The word time just seems to jump out at me wherever I go. Now…
She lives Like water it seems To flow even As it splashes Like rocks in a row It’s seams and stitches …be, the space, in between Like…
