by Toni McNaron | Aug 3, 2021 | Toni's Blog, Uncategorized
From earliest childhood–the 1940s in Fairfield, Alabama, I remember there seeing “Negroes” in my house and yard. Needless to say they were there as maids and yard men, paid a pittance and given food and iced tea in dishes/glasses not used by us. But...
by Toni McNaron | Apr 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
One of the eye-witnesses who testified in the on-going George Floyd trial was Genevieve Hansen, a member of the Minneapolis Fire Department with extensive training in EMT work. This young white woman answered all the prosecutor’s careful questions about her...
by Toni McNaron | Mar 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
A few months into the pandemic, I started attending a new OA 12-step meeting for people dealing with compulsive eating problems. It originates from Arizona where my OA sponsor and her husband now live. When I stopped drinking alcoholically, I just transferred my...
by Toni McNaron | Mar 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
For two whole days, the managers from the House of Representatives shaped in meticulous and unavoidable detail exactly how the former president is responsible for the violent and lawless mob’s insurrection as they stormed the Capitol building on January 6th. ...
by Toni McNaron | Jan 31, 2021 | Uncategorized
Recently, I rewatched three seasons of a engrossing British mysteries series, “Unforgotten.” Originally aired beginning in 2015, the series starred Nicola Walker as the lead detective, Cassie, and Sanjeev Bhaskar as her male side-kick, Sunil. In each...
by Toni McNaron | Dec 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sherlock Holmes was fond of saying to Doctor Watson that someone had “vanished without a trace.” This phrase came to me about a week ago as I was walking my usual early morning route in my neighborhood. That route takes me to a Mall that extends for...
