Hateration and Inspiration
A friend of mine told me that he didn’t like to post on Facebook because people would complain every time he took a vacation. Perhaps...
A friend of mine told me that he didn’t like to post on Facebook because people would complain every time he took a vacation. Perhaps...
I got a text early this morning from a radio station in New York asking me to participate in their show this evening. I grew up in...
Since anger serves absolutely no purpose, how do we get rid of it? This is the question people have asked me since I addressed the topic...
I spend a lot of time following inspirational, vegan and social justice stuff on social media. Yesterday I bumped into a quote from...
This week I launched my third book for this year. 2020’s been harsh. I’ve lost family members, canceled trips and events and worried...
For many of us, this week leading up to the election is full of stress and anticipation. I know my heart is on edge. I hope the...
Lately, I’ve been thinking about greed. It is one of the seven deadly sins in Christian theology along with pride, lust, envy, gluttony,...
I’ve lost three members of my family this year. First my aunt in April, then my uncle in July, and finally my father in September. One...
Last night I raffled off my second “Read & Relax” spa basket live on Instagram. I’ve been having so much fun with video recordings...
“I want to see a self-actualized world, beginning with Black women.” - Trish Ahjel Roberts I just uploaded that quote onto my Amazon...
Yesterday I was sick to my stomach. I wasn’t sure if it was pent-up energy around my book launch or my broken heart over the death of...
Memorial Day is considered the unofficial start of summer. Most of my life it’s been a weekend for family barbecuing, drinking rum and...
Spring is a season for new life after a sequestered winter. In spring 2019 my thoughts were wrapped up in my daughter’s graduation from...
This morning I finished the 7th chapter of my upcoming self-help memoir, Thinking Outside the Chrysalis: A Black Woman’s Guide to...
Happy Cinco de Mayo! According to Wikipedia, today generates beer sales on par with the super bowl, and it’s not a celebration of Mexican...
When I was a kid we used to say “a picture doesn’t lie.” Well, times sure have changed. At first it was senior photos and magazine models...
When I was a kid my father used to like to say, "you have to know who you are." It sounded wise, but most of the time I didn't know what...
A couple of days ago I watched a move with my daughter called “The Platform.” It was graphic and it shook me to my core much like...
Last night I had a dream that I was with a male friend, perhaps a budding love interest. He was driving me to a creative writing event...
Corona virus aka #rona is on a 24-hour news cycle now. I’ve never seen anything like it. I keep telling my daughter that it feels like...