I need to get this pet peeve off my chest. It is the weekend. I like to work out. I hate to watch sports while working out. Unfortunately, sometimes, sports is the only thing showing at the gym. Any gym. I can be on the road. I can […]
A few days back I noted that I do not care for fairy tales. They are a tad bit boring in my view and rarely offer any originality. But that is not to say I hate all fairy tales. I was always partial to one, that being Beauty […]
I will admit to wearing a fitbit. The last few months I have not been all that great exercise-wise, according to the purple but, as I have not always been hotting my daily 10,000 steps goal. See, the fitbit doesn’t care that I have a torn miniscus in […]
Ok. I love food. I love all sorts of foods. I like really spicy food. I love salty food. I love sweet foods. I don’t love shellfish but that is mostly because if I were to eat shellfish I would die from anaphylactic shock. It is thus […]
I am going to share a very odd fact about me with you. I am not ashamed to do so. It is just a quirky bit about me that comes into play today; this being election day in the United States. Further, it is the date my mom […]
Growing up I didn’t care much for fairy tales. I didn’t see how those stories were really relevant to my day-to-day life in the South Bronx. Sure, I wanted to get out of the burned down neighborhood but I didn’t see that living in a remote […]
It pains me It confounds me It torments me One day, I won’t be here for you anymore One day, I will wave goodbye One day, You will live on without my arms around you Only pictures will remain And my joyous tears no more I don’t know […]
She held on tightly to her pepper spray. It was a pretty device and she hoped she wouldn’t have to use it. But she was always prepared. Her life was filled with dark alleys and lonely tunnels. She wanted to run or jump up high to […]
This past summer, we went to South Africa as the International AIDS Conference was taking place in Durban and I had a poster session. Two summers ago, we went to Melbourne where I had another presentation on some of my research. Two summers ago, my son […]
This past weekend, I got to play dress up. I’m one of those ladies that almost always wears a dress and heels to work. I wear dresses on the weekend as well. I love gettimg dressed up. Yet, I don’t tend to wear makeup. I’ve got pretty good, […]
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