This might be hard, because along with my very, very low carb diet, I’ve vowed to wean myself off of using his name. Anyway, here goes. I’ve been reading a lot about truth and lies lately. A few months ago, the “Ethicist”, in The NY Times, began a discussion on…
I’ve been a political junkie for as long as I can remember, (I’ll add the ‘wow…since last Tuesday?’ part so that I can save some of you the sarcasm). I listened to party conventions on the radio and later sat mesmerized by the pomp, circumstance and balloon barrages, first in black…
It’s illogical to be expected to assume the position, (how many of us can still bend over and grab our ankles?), that “black” or “all” or some other designated, put upon demographic matters. And yet, in the aftermath of public tragedy and unimaginable atrocity, reactionary alignment, validating our differences, is…
It’s an irrevocable, irrational emotion that creeps into our unsuspecting psyche in our earliest, most pliable years, initially directed at food, (often green in color), too-huggy relatives, scratchy clothing, bedtime and school. It is nurtured by the overtly thoughtless behavior of family, friends and the unfiltered and unending barrage of…
I smiled, just typing her name. Listening to her sing, being taken in by the poetry of her lyrics and the simple harmonic complexity of her music takes me to a whole other happy place. In the few years that I’ve known Ariana, I have been witness to the confidence…