i know that there was a movie out recently- ‘the bucket list’ or something to that effect- but i didn’t see it. i don’t make wish lists anymore. when i was packing to move, i ran across an old list i had made when i needed something to look forward to and i [...]

thinking people make me smile.  stupids- not so much.  which is why i don’t like malkin or hasslebitch or the rest of the ‘talking but not really saying anything of value’ crowd.  which is why i enjoy reading larisa so much.  she just hits the issues right out of the ballpark again and again.  [...]

no- really.  i think that the best thing that could happen for this planet is if human beings extinct themselves.  seriously.  there is no humor in my words.  why is it that you can’t get food made to order that is made correctly?  no mayo- means no mayo.  or why does there have to be [...]

if there is one thing i have gotten out of the last 8 years or so of well- whatever this has been- it is a healthy appreciation for the written word. ha! that isn’t what you expected me to say i am a reader. i love words- and i love [...]

As soon as I arrived in San Francisco and went to the first event about The Longest Walk I started to meet people and I started to learn new things. In such a venue, it’s easy to meet up with folks. After all, we’re all there for the event and there is a lot to [...]

the cats let me sleep a bit this morning- which was nice of them since they are hungry pigs in reality. the sun is shining today- and i plan on going for a walk today when the temperature gets above freezing. i am having my morning cuppa and not really [...]

from larry johnson’s ‘no quarter’
our nation’s “lonely eyes” seek a savior
“What’s behind the astonishing successes of Mike Huckabee’s and Barack Obama’s campaigns last night in Iowa? BBC correspondent Katty Kay knows. People are “fed up,” she said tonight on BBCAmerica’s exceptional hour-long news program, BBC World News America. Ms. Kay continued:
It’s the wonderful age-old mantra [...]

round circle archives- originally posted april 19, 2007

This is a repost of something I wrote some time ago. In my mind, it deserves repeating, for the message comes from my heart and tells a great deal about what happens to many who are called to war.
Please bear with me and allow me this time [...]

i got all of the happies this year happy cmas, happy solstice, happy new year!!!! i don’t do resolutions anymore. i never really look forward to january anyway because it is the longest month of the year. no more lots of food or good cheer. it seems like the [...]

i don’t say merry too much because of my upstate new york accent- apparently, according to my husband, it comes out sounding like ‘mary’- so rather than get picked on- i circumvent i gave up the belief that this is a celebration of a divine baby years ago- but i know that [...]

The winter solstice is here! That’s right- the ancient celebration that morphed into the biggest consumeristic experience of the year! It is the ancient celebration that cmas is based on- as the ancient roman powers that be assimilated pagan customs into their version of Christianity (much like the borg.) so what exactly [...]

When you travel in this beautiful country of ours, have you seen the signs? The marquees, the ones close to the ground, usually a yellow background, with the letters made of plastic so you can change the message? You know the kind I’m talking about, don’t you? Maybe you’ve seen them right in the town [...]

Shark Fu has a simple but very important request. Please help save this important place by giving what ever you can. Visit AngryBlackBitch’s blog here.
According to a recent Amnesty International report, more than one in three American Indian and Alaskan Native women will be raped or sexually assaulted in their lifetime. Domestic violence is [...]

“June is the wet season in Ghana, but here in Accra, the capital, the morning rain has ceased. As the sun heats the humid air, pillars of black smoke begin to rise above the vast Agbogbloshie Market. I follow one plume toward its source, past lettuce and plantain vendors, past stalls of used tires, [...]

Today’s post is short and I hope sweet, sweet with truth and meaning. This is the third “anniversary” of my son, Kelsey’s death and this is all I have in me….
Why we should care? A race related post on another blog resulted in a heated exchange, as they so often do. The question was asked [...]