Witches don’t usually like to mess with Free Will. At best, she could strongly suggest to the bees that they sting someone, but the bees could decline....

I bonded with my longest BFF while we were camping out for Prince tickets in high school, circa 1980-something. We saw him live as grown-ups, too. When I was still teaching, I would always show Romeo + Juliet, with its amazing use of Prince music, and hopefully expose a new generation to his mastery (and, of course,…

Yeah, I wish MetroLink went to the Zoo, or Science Center, but the free parking that comes with a Zoo Membership kinda pays for itself... if there’s room in the lot! I hear parking at the Memphis Zoo is even worse, though.

I have degrees in Literature and Art History. My favorite poet is Langston Hughes. My favorite artists are Faith Ringgold and Nick Cave. But I am whiter than rice. So I hope that’s ok.
Still, if I were ever to meet either artist, I would probably fan-girl out so bad, I would be unable to form coherent words.

True Story: It’s raining. I can’t make the last turn to get to my neighborhood because traffic is weirdly backed up. Is that an accident? Why are all these men out of their cars? Oh, must be an accident, look at that hubcap in the middle of the street. Does that hubcap have a.... head?
I get out of the car and walk up…

Word. Our Zoo is one of the best in the country, and free. They are even trying to save an endangered beetle, along with all their other projects. Further, they educate kids about animals and inculcate them with love of and empathy for creatures, an understanding of ecosystems and conservation, and get kids (like my…

Did someone already point this out?

Actually.... I think it was Second Baptist. Been so long now, but oh, my, that bride flambe I will never forget!

OK, I have been to Texas one time- for a wedding in Houston. It was for a friend of my Beta Husband’s wedding. So Much Culture Shock. This Baptist church just went on and on, corridors, classrooms, a giant worship space that put the European cathedrals I had seen to shame (in size, not beauty), It Had A Freakin’…

Ah, yes, good times... I used to sing along when the Catholic protesters at Hope Clinic would do their hymns. I can keep up with that Ave Maria, even when you switch to Latin, Father! My husband did the Catholic school thing; he is still recovering. I was stuck in PSR (where Catholic kids learn their faith if their…

I love this so. As someone active in Missouri regarding “women’s issues” and part of the Pagan community, it warms my Wiccan heart. There used to be at least three clinics that offered abortion services in MO (KC, Springfield, and StL), only the St. Louis one remains. For those able to do so, the MO limits can be…

Actually, I was Catholic and went to college in Springfield, MO. I still remember when they put Steak Night on Fridays and couldn’t figure out why all the St. Louis students were pissed. We all marched to the Dean of Students and pointed out that it was Lent. She was so confused. We tried to get a Catholic service on…

Just for the record, I would like to note that AB/InBev recently moved all their marketing department from St. Louis to NYC, costing several people I know personally their jobs, as they had no desire to pack up whole families and move to the Big Apple. Thus, the Lou is not taking the fall for this one. Because that’s…

YES! And there should be pie.

SOMEONE set a QUOKKA on fire??!!!???
It’s like the only creature in all of Australia that ISN’T trying to kill you!

BEST KITTENS EVAR!

I had planned on heading up to Target, even had the day marked in ink on my calender, but heard about the crazy and stayed home. There’s a regular Lilly boutique not far from Target (if I want to pay more) and I love finding the vintage pieces at estate sales and thrift shops. I have some Lilly pieces that are older…

I am on call tomorrow for my volunteer gig as a rape crisis advocate. I can’t tell the internet about the shit I have seen in the past few calls, but it was seriously.... I can’t even. Just can’t. It’s a good thing I will never see this bro IRL, because all the feels I have pent up about the likes of him would explode…

oh, back in the days when I was a clinic escort, I would have loved for them to bring their dogs! I love dogs! I totally would have brought them treats!

oh, back in the days when I was a clinic escort, I would have loved for them to bring their dogs! I love dogs! I totally would have brought them treats!
Sadly, no one brought pets to the clinic where I was. There was one lady we called Tammy Fay because of her clownish make-up, and she would roll a stroller with a…