Just like I promised last week, here is my piece that was performed in the Original Women's Narratives Saturday night. Fair warning, there is explicit content in this and it's a bit longer/stronger than what I usually write. For good reason. Growing up, I feel like the conscious stares whenever my classed talked about MLK in…Read more A Black Woman’s Battle Cry
Beauty
The Art of L o s t Expectation
It's finally a rainy day here in SLO where I get to spend (most of) my time indoors, hiding from the horizontal rain and inconsolable winds. As much as I want to say it's been a productive day that included a nap, it has been quite the opposite. But that's okay, nap or no nap,…Read more The Art of L o s t Expectation
For Maddie Elliott
Yesterday I wrote a blog post on the fragility of our human lives, the time limits on all of us that we simply cannot see. I know that I wrote it yesterday, yet I had no idea I was actually writing about one of the most beautiful souls I have ever known. I was yet…Read more For Maddie Elliott