Category: Life Changes

Photos From This Past Weekend

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Holding on in “the times of trouble.”

Sunrise or Sunset? Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt (This is actually from Wednesday, February 26, 2025, but I just had to share it).
My best friend Mook and I, many years ago. I think this may have been in 2006 or 2007. She shared this with me on Saturday, March 01, 2025.
Saturday morning workout. Saturday, March 01, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Sunday morning workout. I’m so weird. I have on like 3 layers in this photo. LOL! It was cold outside, and I had just returned from walking Jernee. Sunday, March 02, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Buidling Basement Gems. Sunday, March 02, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
Salmon, spinach, onions, and cheesy grits. This is from Thursday night. I know it’s not the weekend, but I felt like sharing it anyway. February 27, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt
My favorite girl. Jernee had a seizure on Sunday morning. This is her resting after I gave her a haircut and a bath. Sunday, March 02, 2025. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt

“When it rains, it pours.” On Sunday, March 02, 2025, Jernee Timid had a seizure. It was a light episode, lasting about two minutes, and it was the first time she had one. I’ve been mentally preparing for Jernee’s transition for a few years now. The Little Monster is a fighter and seems to fight her way out of every traumatic event that has occurred to her. But this . . . this, I will not tolerate. I will not have her form a life of convulsions and episodic seizures. I just WILL NOT.

She has an appointment next Thursday with her vet for lab work and an overall checkup. They may do some other tests as well while we’re there. However, if she has another seizure, I am to call them and bring her in straight away or go to our Emergency Vet’s office. If the little one makes it to April 06, 2025, she will be 17 years old. But I have to be honest, folks . . . this really took a lot out of her, and I won’t be mad at her one bit if she doesn’t see her seventeenth birthday. I don’t want her suffering, and I will see to it that she does not.

Here’s hoping all of you had a great weekend and that you’ll have a wondrous week ahead as well.

Peace and blessings.

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Something To Think About #2

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The squirrel is not a wasteful creature.

A perfect breakfast. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt

squirrel hustles for food
eats breakfast in
the open
public display of
h u n g e r and
satisfaction

I will share “Something To Think About” for the next fourteen weeks on Sunday afternoons. It may be a quote, a picture, an interesting phrase I heard, artwork, etc. Whatever I share will surely be intriguing or involving enough to spark a casual discussion or in-depth conversation. Stay tuned every Sunday for this new feature!

Peace and blessings.

Have you gotten your copy of my new book: a collection of serial tales & flash fiction, Séduire (E-Book and Paperback) yet?

Home To Nowhere: Part VII

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Microfiction: Kelsey’s sister, Miah (My-ah)

AI Generated Image of a little Black girl with green eyes and fiery red curls for hair. She is wearing a dark green top with a smirk on her face and is seated in front of a green background. Created with Canva.

Miah is a sister-cousin/cousin-sister, but she is clueless. She only knows her big sister Kelsey is the light of her little six-year-old world. She is temper-tantrum goodness and field trip busy. She finds Kelsey lying down on their living room couch, softly whispering to herself.

“Kels, you talkin’ to you?”

“Hey, Miah. Yes, kiddo. I’m talking to myself.”

“What you sayin’?”

“Everything’s gonna be all right.”

“Oh . . . Okay, then.”

Miah rushes toward the staircase–her fiery red hair sailing in the breeze. She is clueless, and that’s a good thing.

Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, & Part VI

2025 Still Has Beauty To Behold

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Visual Artists, Writers, Collectors, and Creatives, here’s a chance for you to become a part of something magnificently gargantuan.

I hope to see your work in Portraits, the upcoming digital magazine, launching in March.

Portraits on Tiffany is a blog full of artistic goodness, “funkdafied” music, and reminiscent reflections. I am happy a digital magazine is being produced by such a worthy artist. If you haven’t visited her website yet, I invite you to do so soon.

A Beautiful Start to 2025

Home To Nowhere: Part VI

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Microfiction: Nana Glo comforts Kelsey

AI Generated Image of an elderly Black woman wearing a white & light blue shirt with her silvery hair styled in soft curls. She has a contented yet thoughtful look as she leans across a white banister. There are soft pink flowers scattered behind her on bushes of green. Created with Canva.

Gloria Aduwala, known as “Nana Glo”, is sunshine and spiritual positivity. Kelsey finds her outside enjoying a spring breeze after a period of consolation with her father, Kazi.

Nana Glo greets her first grandchild with a light-hearted smile and a bear hug.

“What’s ailin’ ya, child?”

“Why didn’t you tell me, Nana Glo? I’m adopted . . . but I’m still family.”

“Child, what’s this I hear?! Why didn’t I tell ya?! That’s fuh ya parents to say. Not ya Nana. Ya still family–everything how it’s ‘sposed to be, child. Ya where ya should be. Ya loved right. Ya clothed, fed, and got a roof over ya head. Ya where ya should be, Kelsey Aduwala.”

Kelsey turns to hug Nana Glo–sinks her timid teenage face into her nana’s bosom–lets out a loud sigh.

“I’m where I should be.”

Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, & Part V

canning

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Homemade pickles: sliced cucumbers, minced fresh garlic cloves, onions, serrano peppers, Everglades seasoning, Ethiopian spice blend, & Tabitha Brown’s Sunshine seasoning, apple cider vinegar, white vinegar, & water.

to ward off
heartache, I can
because I can.

Organic whole garlic cloves & organic raw honey.

Valentine’s Day isn’t a favorite holiday of mine. Love should be shared and expressed every day. There doesn’t need to be a special day to show that you love, care, adore, and wish to be kind and give to your loved ones and others.

But, here we are.

Addendum: for those of you wondering about the garlic and honey, it’s a natural medicine. It has major health benefits and is rather inexpensive as well. Here’s a YouTube (one of many) about it.