Simmer
“Leave that blessing to simmer on the stove.” Those words have set up residence in my head and have been banging around since I first heard them on Friday. A … Continue reading
We Are Definitely Not In Kansas Anymore.
If we imagine Kansas as being the place where “it gets better” then current race relations and violence at the Trump rallies, and multiple outbursts of violence at them have … Continue reading
What’s Good?
Inspired by sister Nicki Minaj, I’ve got to ask this question of 2015. He’s gone, we’ve all broken up with him and moved on to a better brotha -2016. However, … Continue reading
The Trouble With Matt
I loved Matt Damon. Come on, we all did. Ok maybe you did not LOOOOOVE him like I did as a young gay boy, but you liked him. His history … Continue reading
What is the doing?
In the middle, (or are we at the beginning) of this new chapter in the ongoing domestic terrorism waged against people of color in America, I have a question: What … Continue reading
Where We Are Now
I missed a talk on 9/11 today. It was given by an important, published theatre theorist. I arrived for the talk back after the presentation, and it brought me back … Continue reading
Black in America 2015
This morning on my hour drive into church a cop stayed behind me for 35 minutes. That was the longest half hour of my life. I started sweating, I got … Continue reading
The Struggle Is Real
Deep friendships end, marriages die, and somehow life manages to go on. I am finding lately that despite knowing all the reasons why something ended- all the good reasons, I … Continue reading
Love Wins…
I am supposed to be happy today, Marriage Equality has passed, and now, (as soon as one will have me) I can legally marry a man in America. This news … Continue reading
The Long Hurt
When my long ago relatives feet touched the shore, weighed down by chains, back ripped up from the lash of the terrorist captain, malnourished from rations, raped and bloody, struggling … Continue reading
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