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I have always been annoyed when significant issues become mere abbreviations or acronyms. Their full meanings often get lost in this effort to keep the message brief. Like the fast food in drive-thru restaurants, these abbreviated versions of serious matters … Continue reading →

I was a very reluctant participant in the writing of my very first story. I was pushed by a friend who had more confidence in me than I had in myself.  The more I resisted, the more she pushed. She … Continue reading →

She had grown into the name that everyone called her behind her back – “old maid.” She may not have really been that old but carried herself like an eighty-year-old when she was barely into her fifties – and in … Continue reading →

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BIOGRAPHY OF AN UNSUNG & GIFTED TENOR Over the past three years I have been on an extraordinary journey!? ?With just a casual conversation with a friend, I started a journey I never expected…

An unexpected gift with this combustible gathering of Sistas – Black Sistas, Fine Sistas, Bold Sistas, Wise Sistas Baby Sistas, Colorful Sistas, Free Sistas. Shy Sistas Dancing Sistas, Sassy Sistas, Dignified Sistas and More Close Encounter kinda moment – Drawn … Continue reading →

We live in a world of extremes: extreme TV, extreme wars, extreme images, extreme thoughts, feelings, and more. As I examine my inner thoughts and feelings, I find myself sometimes in a maze of extremes — extreme judgments, extreme opinions, … Continue reading →