Red Velvet Wisdom

Once I had made it to New Orleans with Natalie and Kelly, we decided that after we got checked into the hotel, it would be time to venture onto Bourbon Street and find something for dinner.  Once we wandered toward the French Quarter, there was truly no shortage of places to eat (or drink).  We [...]

Tomorrow would have been my grandfather’s birthday. Maybe. He was one of those kids taken from Indian reservations in the early 1900’s to thin them out. He and his sister were taken and to be placed with a lovely couple in Arkansas. (our great-grandparents) They were thrilled at having both a [...]

The story of my birth in 1978 actually starts around 1976, when Dena was 11 or so.  She decided that she wanted a baby sister.  She hounded Mama constantly and Mama responded with a resounding NO.  So Dena went to some church revival where the preacher said if you really wanted something, you had to [...]

Someone is having a birthday soon….