I Spy – I’m Jive
Do you find yourself checking out the list of confirmed guests before you respond to an evite invitation? Do you […]
Smories (Help a Sister Out)
Dear Reader, I need your support. Two children’s stories I have written were selected for the launch of a new site: […]
Watching you, watching me
Couples tend to watch each other: he watches my food intake, I watch his drinking. Watching…noticing personal habits, foibles, tendencies and […]
2nd Random Booking & Donate a Book to a Kid ...
Random Booking #2 My second random booking happened today on the #45 bus from Franklin Park . (I was headed […]
Random booking – for the love of reading
Yesterday, I finally did something I’ve been thinking about doing for a long time. I gave a children’s book to […]
A Gift of Water, A Lesson about Water
Gift: The recent, brief water crisis that happened in Boston when we had to boil water before we could drink […]
Unprepared – bottled water and less = less
Like many people who are concerned with the environmental impact of bottled water, its expense, the dangers in having private […]
Coinkidink (Coincidence & Connection)
I heard from three people on Monday, April 26, that I hadn’t heard from in a while. The coinkidink (coincidence) […]
Don’t Bring Home a White Boy and other Notions that ...
I’ve recently had conversations with four of my friends about the lack of dates, mates or love in their lives. […]
Lying to yourself? Me, too!
I often jot down phrases and ideas and keep them in the queue for my blog posts. A couple of […]
My house won’t let me leave
The occupants of my household are clingy. I’m talking about the inanimate occupants* – the furniture, the floors, the art […]
Portable Happiness
I carry happiness with me. While walking yesterday, while riding the T today, while doing some spring cleaning this past […]
Learning from the Lives of Others – My Fascination with ...
(A version of this post was originally published at BlogHer.com.) “Experience is not always the best teacher, only the most […]
Pre-Existing Condition
My pre-existing condition is that I’m human. As a human being, I am both strong and fragile. Accidents, maladies, genetic […]
Touched back
Touched Backcopyright then & 2010 by Candelaria Silva Brothers, when I touch youI’m trying to communicate the feeling.Black man,when I touch youI want […]
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you. There. You try it. Say: thank you. Write: Thank you.It’s not so hard to do, is it? […]
To Gossip or Not
Have you ever had a tidbit or a big-bit of gossip that was so delicious, so wicked, so full-of-places for […]
Laziness and Lettuce
Is it so hard to spit out watermelon, grape or orange seeds? Is it really that difficult to make a […]