My first conscious encounter of Nina Simone’s musical genius was a happenstance introduction—I wandered into a boutique in West Philly on a birthday stroll in my late teens and another woman in the boutique told me that she was getting […]
Creative Writing
Did you read a book called The Giving Tree when you were a kid? It essentially teaches us that we should empty ourselves out to others and then apologize when there’s nothing left to give. The Giving Tree literally gave […]
I was born to shine through an awareness that exists behind the public face of stereotypes and limited imagination. The first things most people point out about me is that I’m black. I’ve been called a nigger by strangers and […]
Black Women Are The Mules Of The Earth is a quote from Zora Neale Hurston who spoke through the heroine Janie Crawford in her 1937 book, ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’. I began to grapple with the imagery that statement elicited, […]
I’ve been listening to a few friends tell me about what love is to them and I felt inclined to put my thoughts into a blog post for anyone that’s interested in conversing about the topic as well. I believe […]
I try not to see things as good or bad, just happenings. I try not to have attachments in life, which is not why I’m not too bewildered about Lionel’s death. He’s free. Love is freedom, and to choose freedom […]