by Marie Watts | Dec 26, 2022 | Blog
All the drag queen brouhaha got me to thinking. (A dangerous thing for me to do!) Recently there have been a spate of threats and attacks against drag queen performances. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation reported that more than one hundred twenty drag...
by Marie Watts | Dec 19, 2022 | Blog
By now many of us are thinking about being home for the holidays. These verses stream through my mind: Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays’Cause no matter how far away you roamIf you want to be happy in a million waysFor the holidays, you...
by Marie Watts | Dec 12, 2022 | Blog
Just as I announced mousecapades were behind me, a dustup occurred, forcing me to turn my attention from my new enemy, feral hogs, to my old nemeses, the mice. At least this time they didn’t trespass in the house. The varmints decided to park themselves on my party...
by Marie Watts | Dec 5, 2022 | Blog
This blog was originally posted in December 2022. Unfortunately, I must report that my plan to set up my deer feeder to attract them near my house backfired. The feeder is old, blew down several times, and is now bent beyond recognition. The beasts are still with me....
by Marie Watts | Nov 28, 2022 | Blog
After having stuffed my face and imbibing too many Manhattans, I began to wonder if global warming would change the way my descendants celebrate Thanksgiving. The last few weeks have been filled with news about Lake Powell and Lake Mead running out of water and towns...
by Marie Watts | Nov 21, 2022 | Blog
My recent trip to Williamsburg, VA made me think about roadblocks in life. While I consider myself successful, I’ve been guessing about how my life would have turned out had major roadblocks not foiled my plans for college. A visit to Williamsburg in the 1960s left me...
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