Calendar Betrayal
The reminders pop up every day in my calendar. This meeting…that meeting. This event…that event. The words feel like a […]
Rants
Edith/Jassy – decades apart yet the same conclusion – R.I.P
The recent murder of Jassy Correia who was murdered after leaving a club in Boston brought the following essay I […]
Apology Desired/Expected
There are some apologies from public figures that I desired and expected, perhaps stupidly. I am glad that I didn’t […]
Side or direct – Me, Too
Sometimes, it’s the side-eye and other times the direct eyes. It is menacing men, four, five, ten and twenty years […]
Get an Effin’ Website
I first started drafting this post about a week and a half-ago. Had Intended to post it sooner but working […]
It’s not if but who – racists & bigots around ...
It’s not if there are racists and bigots around me but who they are. Come out come out whoever you […]
Messages sent, messages received
(This post was begun before the eclipse today – a moment I shared with many other lovely people at the […]
Let’s not give it up for…any more
I’ve attended a number of meetings, where a youngish but not youngster guy has served as a Master of Ceremonies […]
Negative attention feeds Trumps tantrums and ego
Like a young child who wants attention so badly that they will do bad or stupid stuff to get noticed […]
In despair about disparities
So, you’ve invited to the meeting, convening, conversation or whatever the hell it’s being called this time – Striving for […]
Do I do that?
I don’t want to be: A bitch A witch A person with a chip on my shoulder The person who […]
Defining Blackness – Beyonce, Jamelia & Candelaria
Note: I posted this piece in 2009. It bears repeating because of the recent brouhaha over Beyonce’s blackness. It has […]
Preaching to the choir – community meetings
There’s some serious smack going on in the world – real serious, deadly serious, but I’m not going to talk […]
This meeting needs an enema
“This town needs an enema,” the Joker’s character played by Jack Nicholson says in a Batman movie. He was referring […]
You make me nervous
You make me nervous. No, I get nervous. No, I let you make me nervous. Some people make me nervous. […]
To Be Real – Thoughts about Rachel/Caitlyn/Laverne
“It’s got to be real. To be real. It’s got to be real.“ The chorus from Cheryl Lynn’s 1978 disco […]
Here + There = Everywhere
We are all in this together. What don’t we understand about this? We may all live differently in this world […]
Will this keep my grandson safe?
I have an old acquaintance who types all of his emails in capital letters. They all begin, GREETINGS, and they […]