Solid as a Rock – My Brother
A tribute to a brother who is solid as a rock.
Tribute
Happy birthday though
My husband gets on my nerves and then I swerveWanting to be right up under himKeep him nearCause he’s the […]
Mother May I?
Mother may I tell you how blessed I have been that you are my mother? On the grand occasion of […]
My Saige – My First by Candelaria Norma Silva
I wrote this poem in an online poetry class – With Dedication Writing Poems to and for Other People, taught […]
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin – guest ...
The music of Queen Genius of Soul Aretha Franklin has been part of my life since I became aware of […]
Here’s to the hosts
Here’s to the hosts with the most, who open their homes, share their culinary (or food-ordering) prowess, uncork bottles of […]
Thanks to the nurse who…
I must say thank you. Thank you because you touched me – one human being to another.Thank you to the […]
A Lyrical Life – Rose Marie McCoy
Reading obituaries on a regular basis introduces me to all sorts of people of local, national and international renown who […]
Telling like it T-I-Is – Dr. Beverly Scott
Dr. Beverly Scott, who stunned Boston by announcing her resignation as General Manager of the Mass. Bay Transportation System or […]
The Father Lottery
Do you know who your father is? Bing . You get a point. Some people have no idea who their father […]
Thank you on Mother’s Day – a message to my ...
On Mother’s Day I must say thank you: Thank you to my daughter, my first born, who made me a […]
Reflections on Beauty and a tribute to Naomi Sims
Have you ever seen people so beautiful it almost hurts your eyes to look at them? People whose faces take […]
Be A Teacher
My grandmother, known as Mother, was a powerful woman who pushed the idea of becoming a teacher so forcefully as […]
A Love Letter to a Friend
A group of friends and I went to see a matinée screening of Sex and the City yesterday. We enjoyed […]
True Leadership and Wisdom – Go Obama!
The speech Presidential candidate Barack Obama gave on March 18, 2008, was one of the best and most honest analyses […]
U.T. Saunders
If there was ever a man who was generous, gracious and good* it was U.T. Saunders. U.T. was smart, elegant, […]
Fond Remembrance
Heels tap across the floor. Bracelets jingle around an arm. A scarf folds and flutters off a neck. Hips sway […]
I Wish I Could Sew Like My Mother
Sewing, being stylish, and decorating were/are the arenas in which my mother showed her creativity…strutted her stuff! When I was […]