TEATIME TUESDAYS
Do you remember watching "There's a hole in the bucket?" Didn't you want to just strangle Henry? Well, imagine encountering him in real-life. Sad to say, that use to be me. After much trial and error, consider me your life's Liza to give you some tips and tricks to fix the hole in the bucket. The Sassy Scribe is an inspirational Blog-about living single. It's filled with sass, sprinkled with class. It's comical and frank. It's simply truth minus the fake.
Episodes
93 episodes
A Time to Gather Stones
Being gathered in today's terminology hardly refers to anything constructive. Its meaning, I'm sure, is contrary to what Sir Solomon may have intended. In fact, according to the urban dictionary, you are gathered when a person tries t...
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Season 5
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Episode 91
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8:30
A Time to Scatter Stones
An old proverb says, "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." I ain't gonna lie; I should never throw stones, seeing as my house even has glass fixtures and furniture. As soon as my petty nature rises, I remembe...
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Season 5
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Episode 90
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10:01
A Time to Dance
Dancing these days has been relegated to having Meg the Stallion knees and the uncanny ability to gyrate a single side of one's gluteus maximus on command. Perchance, if your Tik Tok trend can hit a million views from your mastery of choreograp...
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Season 5
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Episode 89
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15:38
A Time to Grieve
Ooooh, my Gawd, Solomon! Oh. My. God! (throws hands in the air and walks out) Sirrrr, didn't we just finish weeping? Now we gatta grieve too!!??
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Season 5
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Episode 88
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15:39
A Time to Laugh
Regardless of their outward appearance, being a funny dude is the' milkshake (jokes) that will forever bring all the girls to the yard. It's just something about slapping a guy on the shoulder and throwing your head back to let out a b...
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Season 5
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Episode 87
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14:01
A Time to Weep
Unlike most folks, I get excited when I see the caption 'long post' alert. You get to learn so much about the person doing the posting. Chances are they are about to be transparent, and somehow, reading it acknowledges that you are not...
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Season 5
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Episode 86
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10:19
A Time to Build Up
Building—whether a house, an empire, a sand castle, a brand or even a bear, takes a concerted, almost deliberate effort to see it through.I suppose those are just a few aspects of conceptualizing what it means to build up. We can also lo...
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Season 5
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Episode 85
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8:57
A Time to Break Down
Evangelist Myley Cyrus, can describe many moments in our lives. I suppose when we read Solomon's synopsis of times and seasons, one tends to identify more with the negative aspects of each comparison. Psychologists refer to this as negativity b...
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Season 5
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Episode 84
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12:18
A Time to Heal
Yes, it a true that it takes time to heal but know that 'time is NOT the healer! "Healing" should not be a bandaid that we use to mask our wounds in the hopes that no one can see the imperfections. Having gone through both physical and emotiona...
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Season 5
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Episode 83
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11:31
A Time to Kill
To hear the word 'kill' is off-putting. Actually, no, it's downright scary. Yet we've been so inundated with this word that we've become somewhat desensitized. I feel I should say, 'kill is not to be confused with murder—technically...
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Season 5
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Episode 82
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10:45
A Time to Harvest
The word harvest immediately takes me back to primary school when we had to bring canned goods and produce from home to give to the less fortunate. You knew it was a big deal because we'd have a special assembly that took weeks of preparation. ...
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Season 5
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Episode 81
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9:53
A Time to Plant
There are things you do in your free time, and then there are things you free your time to do. I believe that planting is a hobby people "do" with the hope that it works rather than expecting it to succeed. This opinion may be skewed a...
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Season 5
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Episode 80
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10:26
A Time to Die
You can go ahead and release the tension in your chest, as this is not a piece where I'm focused on last wills and testaments. Well, I suppose it'll depend on which lens you view the information through. Honestly, before we ...
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Season 5
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Episode 79
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17:23
A Time to Be Born
I could be off base here, but I think most people who've not had the benefit of being born into wealth, if given a chance, would not choose the family they now have. Like most, what I may have opted for, would be based on affluence, privilege a...
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Season 5
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Episode 78
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11:21
Wise Fool
So I used to work in a call center back in the day and ended up quitting weeks shy of my fifth anniversary. Let me tell you, though, saying that it was an eye-opening experience has to be the understatement of a lifetime. I learned in real-time...
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Season 4
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Episode 78
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12:49
Unconscious Awareness
The other day, I was in a coffee shop drinking my water, minding my business. And by the other day, I mean pre-pandemic, and by water, I mean coffee. In came an elderly lady who sat next to me. We exchanged pleasantries, and by plea...
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Season 4
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Episode 77
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11:52
Comfortable Misery
I saw a homeless man sitting on the side of the road the other day. Next to him was perhaps everything he owned, covered by a tarp, in a supermarket trolley. My heart sank, and I began wondering what could have possibly happened in this man's ...
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Season 4
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Episode 76
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10:59
New Year, Same Ol 'G
It feels like yesterday that I wrote about 'new year, new me season' that seems to descend upon us like the plagues of Egypt every 12 months. Ah yes, another round of cut-offs, clearing social media friend feeds and contact lists. And ...
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Season 4
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Episode 75
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13:29
Scrooge McGrinch-erson
Suddenly, my thoughts of Christmases past were met with the harsh present-day reality that all things I'd hoped for to this end seemed out of reach with no end in sight. (Sigh) Bah Humbug! The longer I pondered, the more I got irritated. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 74
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7:48
The Haves & The Have Nots
Disclaimer: Today's piece has nothing to do with Tyler and dem. Honestly, I've never even watched the show. Now that that's out of the way let's get to it.I remember hearing a phrase not long ago, though I can't recall whe...
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Season 4
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Episode 73
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11:03
Living Sacrifice
All my life, I've heard the words' obedience is better than sacrifice!' Suffice it to say, while I always thought I knew exactly what this phrase meant, I can't explain what that initial thought process was. Meaning I can't put it into...
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Season 4
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Episode 72
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12:57
Sweet Sorrow
My life is no Romeo and Juliet melodrama, but I've had a riveting mix of bitter and sweet moments. I've had what felt like eleventy thousand jobs but no Career. As I’m sure, it sounds like a skyrillion relationships, t...
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Season 4
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Episode 71
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19:33
Clearly Misunderstood
A friend of mine posted the other day on social media, "If I read, 'understood the assignment' one more time!" I hit the laughing emoji immediately because I could see her rolling her eyes as she typed it. Understan...
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Season 4
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Episode 70
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13:33