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About TURTLE QUEEN WRITEPLACE

Life has provided many challenges that have made me stick my neck out even when I didn't want to, Those experiences have made me strong and resilient, and have allowed me to keep moving towards my goals despite any adversity. These are the wonderful qualities of the turtle. Life's challenges have placed me on the thrown as The Turtlequeen.

One Scary Dark Maze

Finding a Way Out of the Horror of Domestic Abuse         On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women … Continue reading

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Just What Do All These Letters Stand For?

I have always been annoyed when significant issues become mere abbreviations or acronyms. Their full meanings often get lost in this effort to keep the message brief. Like the fast food in drive-thru restaurants, these abbreviated versions of serious matters … Continue reading

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When the Teacher Is Ready the Student Will Appear

I was a very reluctant participant in the writing of my very first story. I was pushed by a friend who had more confidence in me than I had in myself.  The more I resisted, the more she pushed. She … Continue reading

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Fannie’s Love Story for the Soul — Valentine’s Day Short Story

She had grown into the name that everyone called her behind her back – “old maid.” She may not have really been that old but carried herself like an eighty-year-old when she was barely into her fifties – and in … Continue reading

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Podcast with Pauline, The Turtle Queen and Dilsa Bailey

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“SONGS OF A FATHER” An Unexpected Journey of Discovery

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BIOGRAPHY OF AN UNSUNG & GIFTED TENOR Over the past three years I have been on an extraordinary journey!? ?With just a casual conversation with a friend, I started a journey I never expected…

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SISTA LOVE MOVEMENT

An unexpected gift with this combustible gathering of Sistas – Black Sistas, Fine Sistas, Bold Sistas, Wise Sistas Baby Sistas, Colorful Sistas, Free Sistas. Shy Sistas Dancing Sistas, Sassy Sistas, Dignified Sistas and More Close Encounter kinda moment – Drawn … Continue reading

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“SONGS OF A FATHER” An Unexpected Journey of Discovery

Over the past three years I have been on an extraordinary journey!   With just a casual conversation with a friend, I started a journey I never expected to make. That journey began a discovery of my very humble  Mansfield family roots. … Continue reading

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No In-Between

We live in a world of extremes: extreme TV, extreme wars, extreme images, extreme thoughts, feelings, and more. As I examine my inner thoughts and feelings, I find myself sometimes in a maze of extremes — extreme judgments, extreme opinions, … Continue reading

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About advice and being told what to do…

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