Dear Friends, My mother sent across many seas and rivers another package of “a few of my favorite things” (Chippies banana chips, lipstick, books, magazines); in the box was my copy of The Enlightened Heart. I haven’t read this “anthology of sacred poetry” in some time, and upon reading, I remembered why its poems are a daily […]
Read more“You Do This To Me”
You came and you changed my world. -MJ (Liberian Girl) 1) It’s two days until Michael Jackson’s birthday. When my friend BL told me it was his mother’s birthday on August 25th, I responded that it’d be Michael Jackson’s birthday on the 29th. His next words were, “So what?” Our friendship ended on that subway ride, (after an hour of I […]
Read more“It’s Enough Love for Me to Stay”
It’s not my thing trying to get back, but this time let me tell you where I’m at. – The Jackson 5 (I Wanna Be Where You Are) 1) I recently re-joined the land of Facebook and received a message from a good friend that contained the question, “So when are you coming to this side […]
Read more“Living Off the Wall”
We’re the party people night and day, livin’ crazy that’s the only way- Michael Jackson (Off the Wall). I grew up in a quiet house. My house was not quiet in volume, because as I’ve mentioned before, my brother M and I played our stereos on high (to be factual, he had a stereo and I had […]
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February 19, 2013 
