True story: I was commuting home this evening. While waiting on the 2nd bus to arrive, I briefly glanced at the time: 5:13 pm. Good. This gives me a few minutes to continue reading a book by Neal A. Lester titled Ntosake Shange: A Critical Study of the Plays (1995). I was happy I’d get home …
Ordinary Encounter….what say you? – November 17, 2010 Read More »
Our WORDS have creative power – choose wisely… Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 9:17 am Whether written or spoken, each of us has within us the divine ability to “call those things that be not as though they were.” (Romans 4:17) In other words, we can cause either death or life to come forth in …
I love quotes by Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th US President from 1901 – 1909, once said: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in …
“Truth is a rock & doesn’t shift to accommodate our changing fashion. Wrong will never be right no matter how we may dress it in right’s clothing. A lie will never be true no matter how often or how loudly we repeat it. To deceive others is reprehensible; to deceive ourselves is a tragedy.” – …
TantalizingMesmerizingMemorizing…senses reeling, an abundance of feeling!Every facet of you, forever imprinted, indelibly written on the visions of my mind.The scent of you……sight of you……ooooh…sound of you, I am incredibly smitten by you.Then silence!Tasting you…umm…wanting moreTouching you, needing more. Spoken –Your name…softly spoken.Softly spoken, I speak your name. Shhhhhhh! Your name softly spoken – reverberating in …
Powerful And Arduous emotions; Sensuously, Sensually Stimulating – Sometimes Spiritually Satisfying. Intoxicatingly Inviting but Often for just a moment. Of Necessity Needing constant rejuvenation or it Simply…fades…away…
(Wednesday, 7/20/1994) During the past 10 years that I’d known Bernie, I came to realize that when he was around, there was never a dull moment. There was always something done or said that would bring a smile to your face. (It took me a while to get use to his brand of humor because …
Ambitious: ABlack man; a Bulwark and pillar of strength,Challenging others to not give in toDespair but to Dream Dreams & to achieve them. A man of Distinction.Effervescent:Full of “joie de vivre” yet…he can be asGentle as a lamb.Hardworking andIndustrious: he is a man of strong character and good moralJudgment; the essence of dignity!Kindhearted….Loyal…. aMilitant in …
There’s something vital about each man!Regardless of how high the heights…(But especially) how low the levels…Or how deep the depths…That he finds himself,When a dire emergency arises and it becomes inevitableThat his life be touched by another individual’s:I’ve found that the ones authorized to perform emergency duties,Do so with expertise.Although they may be repulsed by …
The Essence (or Dignity) of a Man (Dedicated to the Homeless) Read More »
