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Text and Subtext or I'm Too Touchy
It is March 1, 2013. I thought I'd be relieved that Black History Month was over because pound for pound it has been one of the most difficult BHM that I have experienced in a while.It has been a...
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The Places and Spaces In My Photos
I have been taking photos since I was thirteen. Sometimes it is a snap shot. I try to make quality prints. No, that isn't true. I try to be in the moment and take the photo. Very rarely is it print...
View ArticleBreak the Freaking Mold - Colorlines Video
As some of you know, I am an advocate for alternative and creative video content. I do not care if you want to monetize or not, show me something other than an insulting dumb azz scripted corporate...
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Walking Away From the Shadows
This is about changing a portion of my life. I do not want to be one of those people that complains that their lives have no meaning or that the circumstances of my life cannot be changed. I do not...
View ArticleWe Can't Be Invisibile Because We Are Here
They say that older women are ignored in America.That the societies focus is on the new and the long legged ample person who might be eighteen years old dripping wet. I still get that look from younger...
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When A Song Reminds of Of A Ruckus Memory
Accidents happen because of circumstance or carelessness. And then there is that dang song. Awesomely Luvie and company put a hurting of truth and humor on what should have been left the song writing...
View ArticleThe Answers to Unasked Questions
The Want + Example + Reason = Imperative.The Question + Example + Reason = Understanding.
View ArticleDo Not Yell If You Are Loosing Your Voice
I going on a four day head cold that has resulted in a strong desire for sleep and a very raspy voice. I am now talking in a whisper. During the day as long as I kept it in a whisper my lack of voice...
View ArticleMemories Eating Below the Line
This past week there has been various folks participating in a campaign called Live Below the Line to bring awareness to living on $1.50 a day.The goal is to experience what it is like to ration your...
View ArticleNot The Buddha or Be Careful of What You Quote
I'm puttering along half doing the dishes, quarter cleaning the bedroom and totally not writing as I should when I find this quote on a web page that I printed out on September 1, 2001:“Your work is to...
View ArticleThe Dreamsicle Ruminations
I loved Creamsicles, not to be confused with Dreamsicles. Personally, I can swing either way. One has ice creme and the other has ice milk over a orange sherbert shell. I was reading a health magazine...
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Not Very Good At Letting Go of CDs
I've got software. Maybe too much. I'm looking for the burning software that I know I have so that I can burn an .iso file. I need to burn the .iso file to make a bootable CD to get into my prior...
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More Lessons About Being Attunded to Your Body
On this day I have an wowser of an ow. I was pushing my hand cart. There was a slight incline out of the store. All of the sudden my back let's out a scream. Never happened before. Never want pull a...
View ArticleYes, We Should UFTW Poem
I have be frigidity all day. Rather than stew in my own juices I'm trying out an experiment. I have wanted to try making video poems. There are people that are doing just that; there is a wonderful...
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Past as It Plays Itself Foward In Time
It wasn't like this. It was gritty. Dirty. There was a smell, sometimes. There was people selling vegetables in boxes on sidewalks or in half stall stores. There were winos and bums and people who had...
View ArticleWitness to a PUA Failure - My Testimony
Dear menfolk, I like you. I do. Really. Well, some of you. A specific few. Let's just say there are positive lights in the firmament of mankind. Emphasis on the kind part.Some of y'all are doing things...
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Waiting for Harlan at the Barbershop
It has been a few weeks since this happened. Maybe I have a better perspective from a distance. I don’t know. To recap, I had an opportunity to see Harlan Ellison in Los Angeles and I took it. This...
View ArticleKathleen Sebelius on Preventative Health Care Services - BlogHer 2013
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius spoke at the BlogHer 2013 HealthMinder Day Keynote session. In this clip, Ms. Sebelius talks about some of the preventative services available to...
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Not Able to Write the Ballad of Duan Huego
I wish I could write satire. I can see Duan Huego galloping into the village; his steely eyes talking in the droopy draw-ed teenagers as he smiles at the peasant women who light up when they see him....
View ArticleHarriet Tubman - Lift Her Up!
It is time for clean up duty. The damage has been done. The Russell Simmons video that was an alleged comedy about Sister Tubman has been pulled from YouTube. I suspect there may be other copies of the...
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