Are you a 'Trick' or a 'Treat'?
After reading today's title, I hope your expectation isn't some religious dissertation on Halloween's background and the spiritual...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- Oct 19, 2020
- 5 min
Bet You Wished You Liked the Nice Guy Now, Huh?
Captain's log—lockdown week number 365,451-and-11teen. Spawled across the sectional, scrolling your social media feed, minding your...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- Oct 13, 2020
- 6 min
Stand-back & Stand-by!
Honey child, let me tell you....... 'Merica was NOT amused by the latest utterance from the lips of their Commander-n-Chief at the recent...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- Oct 5, 2020
- 6 min
Hello Haystack, I'm Needle!
This past August, I turned 40! Hold on! Wait.....what?! I remember turning 30 like it was this morning. The realization that another...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- Jul 20, 2020
- 9 min
My Truth, Their Truth, The Truth: Learn the Difference!
Please raise your right hand: Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you, God? Response: I...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- Jul 13, 2020
- 8 min
Love it or List it!
Some time back, I started to take some vocal lessons. There I was leading a group of people and was literally musically inept. Don't ask...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- Jul 6, 2020
- 8 min
Even Good Guys, do Bad Things.
DMX asked a very pertinent question in his song Good Girls, Bad Guys. "Why do (good girls) like bad guys, knowin' that bad guys tell mad...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- Jun 29, 2020
- 7 min
Life Can Be Merry, but It Shouldn't Keep Going 'Round!
"Who me!? I'll never do that!" "1 Hour Later" (in my Spongebob voice) does the very thing that you said you'd never do. "Who, pie-like...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- Jun 22, 2020
- 7 min
To Ride or Die Is the New High!
I was his valium, and he was my molly. I was ying, and he was yang. Sometimes I even felt he was the Joseph to my Mary. Okay, that's a...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- Jun 15, 2020
- 8 min
Waiting is NOT for Imposters!
(clapping hands in rhythm-with head cocked to the side) "Where he at Lord, where my man at?" Pray, they say. Make your list, they say....
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Raquel S. Pinder
- Jun 8, 2020
- 7 min
If Broken Crayons Still Colour, How Come No One Picks 'Em?
Recently, for some odd reason, I keep seeing the caption—"broken crayons still colour." I suddenly see this phrase in a whole new light,...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- Jun 1, 2020
- 6 min
Whoever Told You Life Is Not a Fairytale, Lied!
Evil step-sisters, wicked queens, big-bad wolves, little boys who lie, a beast, 'thee' prince charming, talking animals, the trickster...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- May 25, 2020
- 7 min
Why I've Stopped Calling Bad Choices, Mistakes.
Accidentally taking the juice container from the refrigerator and pouring it into your coffee is a mistake. Adding baking powder to a...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- May 21, 2020
- 7 min
Social Distancing: Hands in the Air, it's a Stick-up (Part 2)
Going outside your house these days without a mask can almost get you charged with indecent exposure. Everything is such a mood that we...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- May 18, 2020
- 7 min
Social Distancing: The New Flat Tummy Tea (Part 1)
TMI Alert: If we knew how much waste was backed-up in these 32-22-32 bodies, we'd do a cleanse post-haste. I mean faster than Beyonce...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- May 12, 2020
- 5 min
....But That's What You Asked For. Why You Mad?
Olivia Pope, cannot 'it's handled' your life to normalcy. Unfortunately, you can't swipe left on your problems to make them vanish, and...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- May 12, 2020
- 6 min
YOLO - You Obviously Lying or .... Nah?
In 2011, I caught fire. Yes, I mean, I was going up in flames, while doing a rather typical everyday task. One that I had done at least...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- May 4, 2020
- 5 min
Your 'Feelings' Have a Name but It Ain't Judas!
"What you talkin' bout Willis?" I'm so glad you asked. I use to think that my feelings betrayed me. I use to think when I needed them to...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- Apr 27, 2020
- 4 min
If the Roof is on Fire, of Course you Need Water, Silly!
I know people of my pigmentation and churchgoers alike, may never agree, but hear me when I say this, "Therapy is NOT only for the person...
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Raquel S. Pinder
- Apr 21, 2020
- 6 min
Date, Break-up, Repeat - The Single Girl Insanity
If you Goggle the girl that held on too long, you'd probably find my photo. I'm not proud of it, but hey (shrugs shoulders) knowing is...
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