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SPICY…a blog by Victorine

CELEBRATING LIFE!

  • My family celebrating Mr. K’s 80 B.day
  • Yikes! Lunch with Judy, Kathy, and Sara
  • Indria, Donna, Pat and moi in Antigua
  • 75 & Alive Cruise
  • This is Mildred Bergron!
  • Clockwise from upper left: Miles, Pat, Bama & Moi. Pat, Camille, & Moi. Pat & Thomas. Camille, Taurus, Holly, Thomas, & Moi
Dr. Deb, Lois Crabtree and Moi, with our sister, Millicent Garland shooting the image.

Sometimes you just gotta laugh…

These stories are mine, but I’m a reflection of you – well seasoned.

We got a lot to talk about – life, art, awareness, inclusivity, culture, aging, family, health, and politics.

I’m not here to self-help or fix you; it’s to remind you that

…I’m right here with you.

Flanked by the Chicago posse at the Hyde Park Jazz Concert

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Victorine’s blog, SPICY, celebrates life through personal stories and reflections on family, art, culture, and various life topics.

  • Zoom

    Zoom

    This year has given new meaning to the lyrics in the Commodore’s song, Zoom. “Id’ like to fly away…” But you can’t! You can’t just pick up and go like you used to. You gotta take your spray, sanitizing hand wash and wipes, your masks, and your b_ _ _ h-face for anyone not wearing…

  • …can’t dance.

    …can’t dance.

    The adage goes, “I might as well (do whatever the task), I can’t dance.” Oh yes, you can!  You have every right to dance “with your hair blowing back,” as my friend, Indria Perilloux says. Here we are in the midst of this shifting paradigm, most of us shut-in, due to this pandemic.  When we…

  • Fly and Dye

    Fly and Dye

    So I was laughing with my girls today, the usual suspects, Pat Kline, Indria Perilloux, and Nedra Shelton, and I made a rhyme.  “Fly and dye.”  Hmmm…what could this refer to? Could it be the farcical display of events we have seen take place within the last three months?  Maybe a debacle in a debate…