I have been thinking about apologies lately. Amy Cooper, a white woman who called 911 in reaction to a Black man who requested that she follow park rules and put here dog on a leash. She indicated she was being harassed and was in fear of her life. Her […]
I love walking through California meadows. If it is not bramble full, bare feet are best so that I can catch the rhythms of the earth under my feet. I was walking through my meadow this morning, my meadow that used to be a neatly trimmed lawn in the front […]
My new book has just been released. Well it will be July 31. From today July 28-30 folks can get a per-publication discount by following the link. Know ye that at the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to that part of the […]
World eyes are turned on Covid-19. The different parts of it are parsed, how “front-line” workers are affected, who front line workers are, in a constantly expanding definition that always includes doctors, nurses, EMT, police, but rarely janitorial crews, health assistants who clean units, kitchen staff, but that sometimes acknowledges […]
As I am a citizen of the world, I have friends from many of the world’s cultures and ethnicities. I relish their differences and value our commonalities and celebrate our uniqueness. If I have one Bengali friend I do not assume that all Bengalis do or should act like her […]
Although I have been MIA from my blog action I have been actively writing, performing and teaching. I also have found myself, in these viral times Zooming through meetings and workshops and making use of several online resources. I’d like to recommend a few I became aware of through my […]
I had three other blogs prepared to reopen my website activity. And then t George Floyd was murdered and filmed so we could see his pain, of bystanders yelling for the police to get off of him until he passed out and died. The video was shown again and again […]
Had my father continued to age in his body of flesh and bones, he would be 93 today. His spirit continues to nourish me and lift me when I face mountains that seem too steep to climb. I love the legacy he left me and take great joy in the […]
Mesotic for Kiilu freedom taKen by storm she Is graceful panther determIned to struggle revoLution the air she breathed Love her most Useful tool Kiilu was so much, so large, so vital, my words evade me. I cannot begin to describe my respect and love for this woman. Our friendship […]
I am almost always reading three books at a time, usually spread across genres, poetry, fiction and non-fiction, as essays, memoir or history. Right now on my bedside table these three are among the offerings. Chris Abani has a way with words, his prose has the music and richness of […]
