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Five Friday Happy Bringers 6/25/26

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1. This restroom sign at a restaurant in Atlanta.

2. This delightful Father’s Day card I got from kitty cat Benny.

3. Great FIFA Fun as Robert and I joined 68,000 other soccer fans at Atlanta’s FIFA Fan Festival in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, as Spain played (and beat) Saudi Arabia at nearby Atlanta Stadium.

Spain and Saudi Arabia.

4. An incredible Mexican Hot Chocolate at Café Intermezzo in Atlanta.

5. Exploring the absolutely fascinating exhibit of the work of artist Amy Shepard (Michele Obama’s portrait) at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

Michelle Obama 

You may remember that Sherald had a controversy at the Smithsonian involving one of her portraits of a trans figure posing as Miss Liberty.

“Amy Sherald, the acclaimed artist known for her official portrait of Michelle Obama, withdrew her retrospective ‘American Sublime’ from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in July 2025. The cancellation came after the museum expressed concerns over her painting Trans Forming Liberty, which depicts a Black transgender woman holding a torch in the pose of the Statue of Liberty.” Google AI

My favorite painting …

Happy, Happy Last Weekend in June!

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 6/18/26

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My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts

1. My brother Lamar and me “decorating” our parents’ gravesite this morning in my little North Georgia hometown of Ball Ground.

2. Finally, after a decade, getting a new car.

Toyota Corolla HYBRID.

3. The ability to scratch when we itch!

4. Celebrating Robert’s birthday this evening at one of our favorite seafood restaurants, Atlanta Fish Market.

5. Butter.

May you have a delicious weekend ahead.

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 6/12/26

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My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. An abundance of Coleus!

2. Robert’s incredible “Sin-sational Chocolate Cake” at Savannah’s Gallery Expresso the other evening.

Decadent chocolate cream cheese icing!

3. Remembering joyful childhood summers.

4. The sky. It’s always there. Clouds, rain, storms, industrial pollution/smoke, etc. may come and go across it for a time, but the sky is always there. Holding it all.

5. Our simple vegetable dinner last night. Charred bok choy, oven-roasted yellow squash, and fresh ripe tomatoes.

I hope you have a delicious weekend ahead!

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 6/5/26

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My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. Our charcuterie supper the other night.

2. This crazy can of baked beans I saw on the shelf at a supermarket the other day.

Dr. Pepper beans?!

3. The joy of surprise.

4. Finding out, from Ancestry DNA, about my ancestral trail.

5. My new Wisdom and Clarity candle I light while I’m working on my Summer Memoir Course.

May you experience some Joy of Surprise this weekend.

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Five Friday Happy Bringers 5/22/26

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My weekly gratitude journal, of sorts.

1. This incredible pizza Robert and I devoured at Ricciardi’s Pizzeria in Richmond Hill GA.

2. This sheet of flowery wrapping paper …

… which wrapped a bundle of supplies I need for a summer memoir writing course coming up in June.

More about that adventure later. 

3. The ability to get out of bed each morning.

4. Completing 2222 meditation sessions on my 10% Happier app.

Wouldn’t you think I’d be a tad more guru-ish by now?!

5. The beautiful spring lights outside daughter Amy‘s next-door neighbor‘s house.

May something light up beautifully for you this weekend.