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Continue reading →: The Money Pit?
Home ownership and real estate are said to be mandatory and key assets in your personal financial portfolio, especially for women. As a single woman and homeowner, I began this journey in my twenties and it has been INTERESTING. Early on, I had some not-so-positive results from various contractors. The…
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Continue reading →: State Politics…WOW
Yesterday Maryland and Virginia State Senates voted on legislation concerning two of the most devisive issues: civil unions and abortion. Both bills passed, one granting gay couples the same rights as other marriages, the next requiring abortion clinics to meet structural guidelines of hospitals rather than doctor’s offices. It is…
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Continue reading →: Food Makes Me Happy
I am a Food Network fanatic. I have cooked since I was eleven. I am the mother of two whom I have to convince to eat each morning and evening. And it can be a challenge to please the palettes of a teen and a toddler, simultaneously. However, the reason I’m a…
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Continue reading →: Like an Ostrich
This is where I live as of late. This world has me so weary that I don’t want to know what is happening in it. I am certain that I am not alone which is disconcerting. This reaction is so against the grain for me. Between Egypt, Wisconsin, the Oscars-…
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Continue reading →: Take On the Day
I love these commercials. It’s these additions that make The Daily Grind so special (sigh)… Check out dad and son too.
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Continue reading →: Constipation
I have it, all the time. Constipation of words, thoughts, ideas… they fight for space in my mind. They want to stretch out to become coherent posts, articles and poems. But there are so many of them, they often slam on brakes to avoid a multi-word pile up. It is…
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Continue reading →: Does Hollywood Lack Inspiration?
People want and need to be inspired… This weekend I saw the Disney film, Secretariat. Now upon first glance, when it was in the theater I was uninterested – that is until I understood that the horses’s owner was a woman, Penny Chenery. I watched the movie with my teen-aged daughter (until…
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Continue reading →: Olga’s Ocho Orders
I am re-reading a book (which I am known to do), A Little Piece of Sky, and I thought this was good and entertaining enough to share. And, who doesn’t love a list! Thing one. Know that even in a pile of mush, you can find a kernel of truth.…
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Continue reading →: I Always Feel Like Somebody’s Watchin Me!
And I have no privacy… This age of information and technology is both a blessing and a curse. I just “Googled” myself as I do from time to time to see what’s out there. People, make sure you manage your information! People always tell me that I am paranoid…I would…
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Continue reading →: A Woman’s Worth
This morning I was reflecting on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade when I passed a rental truck that was unloading placards for the “Right to Life” rally today. As I watched for a moment as several men unloaded them and wondered how many of the people who would be…
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I’m Ayoka
Welcome to Mule Of The World. Musings and rants from this Black woman. Zora Neale Hurston called the Black woman “the mule of the world.”
