by SB Rawz | Oct 10, 2022 | Our Web of Interconnection
Yesterday, as I was mixing up a batch of buckwheat pancakes for breakfast, I Want a Little Sugar in my Bowl by Nina Simone came on. I sang along, a little louder than I usually sing along, and when I was done, I asked Theresa to tell me the memory that comes up for... by SB Rawz | Jul 25, 2022 | Our Web of Interconnection
I haven’t eaten at Chic-fil-a or Cracker Barrel for years now. I’ve never shopped at Hobby Lobby. Where once Amazon was a go-to for me, it’s not a shopping spot of last resort. Theresa and I may place orders there maybe twice a year these days. Which is to say: Even... by SB Rawz | May 9, 2022 | Our Web of Interconnection
Last Wednesday morning, I had an email in my inbox that was exactly what I needed. Tuesday, I had woken the reports of the leaked SCOTUS document about overturning Roe v. Wade. While it wasn’t exactly a surprise, it was still shocking and disheartening and deeply... by SB Rawz | Feb 7, 2022 | Our Web of Interconnection
Many years ago – another lifetime it sometimes seems – a friendship of more than a decade ended. Truthfully, it had been fading for some time by then. Still, it wasn’t me who pulled the plug when my friend took up with a married man. It was she who, underwhelmed with... by SB Rawz | Dec 6, 2021 | Our Web of Interconnection
My older siblings and I have a favorite memory of our paternal grandmother. Toward the end of her life, we all lived two hours from our grandmother’s mountaintop home. In our individual turns, we’d drive up and right at about an hour after arriving, our grandmother... by SB Rawz | Nov 22, 2021 | Our Web of Interconnection
Earlier this month, my nephew turned 22. I sent him a voice recording of me starting to sing Yellow Submarine, catching myself, then singing the five-second micro-Happy Birthday Song. A few hours later, he sent me a text saying he had been at work when he got my...