Monday Musings Tulis McCall

I am feeling vindicated today so watch out. I heard an interview with Alice Walker the other day and the interviewer referred to her relationship with another female writer and used the term “you guys”. Walker stopped him cold. She said, “I don’t like to be referred to as a guy.” The interviewer apologized and said he was not even aware he had used that phrase. “Most people aren’t.” she said.
Newsflash - I have been saying this for years!
Continue reading My Monday Musing ~ Women Are NOT Guys at Tulis McCall.

WHY people are missing shows is their business, but the people who step into their shoes deserve more than a pat on the back and a “thank you so much.” They deserve recognition and a big fat award.
Continue reading My Monday Musing ~ Tony Awards for Understudies – Yea Or Nay? at Tulis McCall.

This is an essay I wrote in March 2023. When there is a positive patch in your life - think back on how you got there. You stuck your neck out. That's how.
Continue reading Stick Your Neck Out ~ An Essay From 2023 I Needed To Hear AGAIN at Tulis McCall.

What happened to following up with a phone call? Follow up phone calls or checking in phone calls or confirmation phone calls or gossip calls or “Can I come over?” calls or “I’m asking you out on a date” calls, or “Got time for a drink this week?” calls or plain old, “I miss you” calls.”
What happened to them?
Continue reading My Monday Musing – Where Did The Telephones Go? at Tulis McCall.

Remember the Mulberry tree scattering her ripe berries on the sidewalk so that someone will see the message in the mess and look up. It only took me 15 years to figure that one out.
Continue reading My Monday Musing ~ The Mulberry Tree Message at Tulis McCall.

Last week I got three emails from three adult human beings with whom I am taking online classes. Yes these are teachers. Leaders with followings. People a person might look to for guidance.
Here is the deal - In each of these emails from three different people the subject line of said emails featured the word WANNA! W-A-N-N-A “Wanna Work With Me?” “Wanna hop on Zoom?” "WANNA"? Seriously???
Continue reading My Monday Musing ~ You “Wanna”? at Tulis McCall.