“For Colored Girls” like “Beloved” was Best Left to the Readers Imagination
Amazing, Brilliant, Inspiring, Magnificent, and Powerful, are the adjectives being used to describe the movie For Colored Girls; Tyler Perry’s adaptation of the 1974 collection of poems by Ntozake Shange originally titled For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow is Enuf. I have tried my best to see the sunshine (and the [...]
VOTE TODAY: RIGHT AND REPRESENTATION
I hope you have voted, or will before the day is over. I will be honest in saying that I hope you vote the same way I did, but I’d settle for you having your voice heard, even if you don’t or didn’t.
Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis
On Saturday December 18, the Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell Run/Walk will once again jingle its way through Baldwin Park and once again, the runners with the pink t-shirts and Santa hats will be back in force. That would be the members of the Sisterhood of Greatness Project, which is designed to bring the family together [...]
A Lesson in Trust
A part of me worries that they will come to be too accustomed to humans, through me. Still, I can’t seem to stay away. Watching them is one of the great joys in my day… and they visit almost daily. I have wished since the beginning that I “could” reach out and touch them, but I don’t try. Once or twice, I have nearly brushed against one or the other, and immediately, they take two or three steps back and then keep their distance.
Recognizing the Signs
Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia’s can gradually diminish a person’s ability to communicate. Not only do people with dementia have more difficulty expressing thoughts and emotions, they also have more trouble understanding others. The ability to exchange our ideas, wishes and feelings is a basic need.
An Anole’s Legacy
Last week, my sister shared the news with me that Evan had some type of head injury resulting in a concussion, and that it was quite serious. He apparently fell, and doesn’t remember anything. It got me thinking hard about my brother, though. I suspect that if something were to happen to me, he is the one sibling who would not attend my funeral.
What’s in your Wallet?
Okay, many people do it, but not too many like to admit it but we’re all family here so I’m just going to ask: have any of you ever played the lottery? Come on, you can be honest because this is just between you, me, and the hundreds of thousands of people who are reading [...]
