Gifts do not equal love and other observations about holidays
It is awfully nice to get a card on your birthday, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, Easter, etc. […]
Yearly Archives: 2009
You Can’t Take Black Away from Me
I wrote the following post in 2007 but decided to post it after reading a post on This So-Called Post-Post-Racial […]
Bathrobe as symbol of love
I’ve bought bathrobes for two men in my life. The second man became my husband (and still is). I thought the […]
Happy Birthday to Me
Today is my 10th birthday. Ten years worth of living (if you add the two digits of my birthday together […]
My Feets Are Big
My feet are pretty big – note I didn’t say too big. Too big is a judgment call. Real big […]
Love you but not absorbing your pain
How do you keep from absorbing the pain of your loved ones? If your mate is ”having a terrible, horrible, […]
Mama Clarsie’s biscuits – a memory
Mama Clarsie would let me eat as many of her delicious biscuits as I wanted and never tease me about […]
The First Wrong
I often read and hear about crimes and situations that have gone terribly awry. A person intended to do one […]
Local Action equals satisfaction
Last weekend was full of local activities and fabulous fun. (This weekend, Memorial Day Weekend, looks to be quiet and […]
One is the Magic Number*
My most important and on-going relationship is the one I have with myself. I’ve learned to take care of myself, to […]
Mr. Poetry Man
He’s “the poetry man, you make things alright.” sings Phoebe Snow in her song from 1989, One of my favorite […]
Misleading headline
I have had a problem with headlines in the newspaper for some time now because they are frequently misleading, confusing, […]
Happy Mother’s Day to my children
Happy Mother’s Day, Amber & Cy. Without you, there would be no Mother’s Day for me.You are the biggest accomplishments […]
African-American Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Conference
I had one of the best experiences of my life on April 25 when I attended the first conference sponsored […]
Follow-up to Boston’s Black on Black Crime
I wrote this sentence: Our Black newspaper could be owned, upon its owner’s death, by his white wife (who has […]
Singers Showcase at Berklee College of Music
Last night, it was my great pleasure to attend, at the behest of my hubby, the 25th Anniversary Singer’s Showcase […]
Fight back, go on record or just go – What ...
You lose your job. Actually, you didn’t lose your job, your job was taken. Lay-off, economy, recession, poor performance evaluation, […]
Wonderful world, wonderful people
What a wonderful world this is and what wonderful people are in it, these thoughts bounced through my brain as I dined at […]