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It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

I’m reading an article titled, The American Empire Meets Peak Oil, in the latest issue of Canadian Dimensions magazine and I’m getting depressed. The article explains how the British Empire’s economic expansion, and I would imagine the Industrial Revolution, was...
TV Westerns

TV Westerns

When I was a little girl I wanted to be a cowboy. The most popular shows on TV those days were westerns and we watched a lot of them – Rawhide, Wagon Train and Gunsmoke. My mom liked Roy Rogers and Bonanza was almost a ritual. Because I was just a kid, I...
Growing Up Nappy

Growing Up Nappy

My daddy was a Southener, raised in the Carolinas. Folks say I get my charm from him. My mom was a French Canadian farm girl from Northern Ontario who wanted to be a nun but left home at nineteen and wound up working in New York City. Those were the days of sit-ins...
Racism, Herpes, and Dog Shit

Racism, Herpes, and Dog Shit

When I started this blog it was not my intention to dwell on heavy topics all the time. I have a finely honed appreciation for the absurd (perhaps as a result of too many SCTV episodes), and I wanted to share that lighthearted side of myself here. Recently...