When Rose Twyla (pictured) told her mother she was going to legally change her name, mother responded, “What are you going to call yourself, Hydrangea? Don’t forget, ” she said, “A rose by any other name “. . . . . David, Sf.G.
Lizzy was not going to put up with having no reproductive choices any more; roses were perennials, they didn’t have to start all over every year from seed, why should Lizzie and her kind? Reproductive rights issues were in the news every day, if she could just get the media’s attention. Maybe a fund raiser–get Al Gore and his band the AlGoreRhythms to do a benefit concert in Central Park . . . . . David, Sf.G.
As the girls got off the tour bus and walked into the hotel in Memphis, they were surprised to be asked if they had come for the Democratic convention. “No,” they said, “wrong kind of blue. We’re here there for the B. B. and Albert King Blues concert; we heard K. D. Lang and Marcia Ball may show as well!”. . . . . David, Sf.G.
It was clear as the crowd gathered that there were two separate groups, one newsreader thought MLK day, another the Inauguration, but the guy that actually went and talked to someone found out it was just a nice sunny day after weeks of rain and cold. . . . . . David, Sf.G.
In preparation for “Blonds’ Night Out” with her blond girlfriends, Tiana went all out and spent big money on a big hairdo. Her friends who couldn’t (or wouldn’t) spend the money jealously tried to claim it was just “a little over the top”. . . . . David, Sf.G.
Jilly had always been the star of the twin sisters, always getting the attention. But Julie, just as pretty, had just gotten her degree from the University of Phoenix in public relations and media relations, and she had just been offered a job at the local NBC affiliate while Jilly had been out partying. “Now,” she thought, “we will see; Jilly will be purple with envy, and I’ll be out of her shadow”.. . . . David, Sf.G.