Sonya Schryer Norris

My Dad

My dad is in the hospital with heart problems. If the doctors can get him stabilized he’ll come home today. Warm wishes his way, everyone.

Just taking a moment to commemorate the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire that killed 146 mostly immigrant, most of them female, garment workers in New York City today in 1911. The Triangle Fire was the first bit of women’s history that I learned formally and concretely, walked through the steps of class and gender discrimination inContinueContinue reading “Triangle”

Lansing Home and Garden Show

This weekend Hubby and I went to the Lansing home and garden show at the MSU Pavilion. It was a very good show. Hubby made appointments with two companies to come take a look at the two garage doors (the overhead and the side door). Ever since he put in a heater a few yearsContinueContinue reading “Lansing Home and Garden Show”

Malcolm X Street Bus

Remember last year when hubby and I attended a Lansing city council meeting to talk about an ordinance requiring residents and businesses to plow their walks? At that time I mentioned a man who stood up during the public comments section to advocate for a statue or a street to memorialize Malcolm X, seeing thatContinueContinue reading “Malcolm X Street Bus”

Still Struggling with Lansing

When we went to the Apple store we drove to Grand Rapids, Michigan’s second largest urban area (after Detroit). Grand Rapids has a completely different feel than Lansing. People seem relaxed, happy. There’s real prosperity in Grand Rapids. We went to a wonderful restaurant called Bella Vista where I had lamb and risotto. Lansing looks likeContinueContinue reading “Still Struggling with Lansing”

Punkin’ Bread

Instead of my usual holiday cookie list, I said this year I’d tell a story about holiday baking. It’s a bit late in the coming, but come it has. This happened about 6 years ago. Before I began to blog. Wow. A long time ago. That year in a library school class a fellow student brought in aContinueContinue reading “Punkin’ Bread”

5 Years and 443 Posts of Blogging

In February my blogging life celebrated 5 years. There are several months missing here at WordPress (you can see the gap down on the lower right of the page) from when I was over at Blogger but other than that this has been a pretty steady recording of my life from then to now. TheContinueContinue reading “5 Years and 443 Posts of Blogging”