Category Archives: love

My Favorite Kitchen was Yellow

October 21, 2023 mountainmae Leave a comment

Back in 1971 I loved and lived with a wonderful man named Barry. We moved into a townhouse that was painted all white. (Please remember it was 1971.) I love colors so we choose bright shades. The kitchen was painted sunshine yellow with Cantaloupe trim and repeating the theme, the living room walls were painted Cantaloupe with Pumpkin trim. The bedroom walls were painted dark Bishop’s Purple with silver stars on the ceiling.

When we were done, we celebrated with wind slouching in the bean bags. I was thanking Barry for being (crazy) and bold enough to have made my vision a reality. He laughed and said “This might be a good time to tell you that I am colorblind!

communication, love, Politics, Traditions

How to have better political conversations

March 12, 2017 mountainmae 2 Comments

“So this is my call to you: let’s put this country back together. Let’s do it despite the politicians and the media and Facebook and Twitter and Congressional redistricting and all of it, all the things that divide us. Let’s do it because it’s right. And let’s do it because this hate and contempt that flows through all of us every day makes us ugly and it corrupts us, and it threatens the very fabric of our society. We owe it to one another and our country to reach out and try to connect. We can’t afford to hate them any longer, and we can’t afford to let them hate us either. Empathy and respect. Empathy and respect. If you think about it, it’s the very least that we owe our fellow citizens.”