It's all I can manage for now. Simply writing this confession on the computer screen. Admitting that for a writer who has written a gazillion words for others in numerous styles and tones of voice, it is anxiety-provoking to write my own life … [Continue reading]
Quick. Name a hero, an architect, a legend of the human rights movement. Here's a hint. He organized the 1963 March on Washington. Bayard Rustin may not instantly come to mind. At The Afro News, forward-thinking publisher, Honore Gbedze and writer, … [Continue reading]
It is 64 days to Christmas as I write this late on a Sunday night in the Pacific Northwest. Vancouver, BC to be precise. I begin my anticipatory ruminations of the holiday season ahead, early, in one of the locations where Hallmark shoots the more … [Continue reading]
This was written in time for the Labour Day weekend. But, maybe you can relate... I didn't hit send. I didn't pull the trigger. I didn't close the loop and publish. I procrastinated. I am a professional writer, a copywriter, a content editor, and a … [Continue reading]
That's what it takes to keep me working in my tiny apartment with southern exposure. All day sun and the heat that comes with it. I worried for months in advance due to the memory of previous summers' heat, acrid air, and pollution. It billowed in … [Continue reading]
Of the 70,000 daily thoughts we have and our brains filter, surely a big percentage that we have on permanent repeat are the ideas of new and improved habits. One has found its way through the filter trap to this page. I'm taking a practical route by … [Continue reading]
This is a repost from a 45-day daily personal writing exercise I undertook when I was both invigorated and also challenged by a major home and office move some years ago. Then and now, I still get stalled.. so.. here is the reminder..... My … [Continue reading]
"Seek community and routine." This is the calm counsel I got during some challenging times after I moved, alone, to my current stomping grounds - Vancouver, Canada. That advice came from a military member. He was expected to move as seamlessly as … [Continue reading]
It's an odd time for me to start my year of 'reactive blogging'. On Father's Day of all moments. Daily, I am triggered to memory lane. It happens with the news, my own mind, social media posts, and random sights and sounds. Finally, I begin to write … [Continue reading]
Iran, Jews and deadly decrees are commemorated in an upbeat way this week. Coming early at us in this Jewish Year of 5782, Purim arrives the night of March 16 and lasts with laughter and celebration well into March 17. Even as tensions continue in … [Continue reading]