The Privileges of Driving

In a small discussion group for a course I was taking on racism, I described a time when a cop and I bantered back and forth after I’d been pulled over. A young Black man said, “I could not ever do something like that.” We discussed how parents of white children tell them that they may lose their driving privileges if they get pulled over. For a Black family, it’s a totally different conversation—one of life or death. – Beth Cort-Voltmer,

hard white truths

Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each of these pieces represents something…

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Over It

Candorville Comic Strip for October 04, 2020

Comical Explanation

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Rhymes for Couples

Luann Comic Strip for September 27, 2020

 Comical Explanation

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The Joke

Comical Explanation

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The Novel

To abandon the novel- would be a surrender. It would allow my sorrow to become curtains on all the windows, locks on all the doors Yet the leaves would still fall outside, and the snow. In the coming spring, new growth would be everywhere. Even were I cocoon myself in my sorrow, life would go forward. -Yiyun Li

The 51 Most Beautiful Places in the World, from Remote Islands to Colorful  Mountain Ranges | Condé Nast Traveler
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