Here they are Come find them They are honest, fair, open minded and confident They are also unsure and fragile…
The Highlight of My Day… Maybe
The highlight of my day was sipping on a nice hot cup of coffee while looking out the window at…
Asha the Magician
Name pronunciation for Asha: AHH-sha (e.g. “awesome”) There’s a tiny little magician that goes by the name of Asha. She…
Grateful
Grateful for family Grateful for love Grateful for health Grateful for smiles and laughs Grateful for music and dance Grateful…
RIP, KATHERINE JOHNSON (1918-2020)
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ Katherine Johnson passed away this morning at…
Onwards, Play on Words!
This is about a dream that makes no sense. You know how dreams can sometimes be so random, Twilight Zone-ish…
Will You Marry Me
Please say yes! We’ve been committed to one another for quite some time now and I definitely plan to spend…
Front and Center, Awake Dreams
Wait! Lay still there for a moment, don’t get up just yet! Did you flap your arms and fly around…
The Accounts
Microfiction: Short-short stories that take an itsy bitsy amount of time to read. Each microfiction piece on this page is…
And Then It Was Thursday
Philosophical, prosperous, expansive and balanced – this is what I feel today as I sit here on Jupiter. I look…
Not That I’m Counting or Anything Though
You remind me of me, we have the same eyes You remind me of me, you have some silver strands…
Black History…. #everyday
Click on individual images for a large view Welp, here we are at the end of February and I did…
Stay Away From My Sip Hole!
My vent for the day. And for the record, I’m usually a happy upbeat person, but here’s a pet peeve…
Take Me For The Day
A post in response to today’s one-word prompt. I’d like to disappear for the day. Just for the day. A…
Short and Sweet
Some things are short and sweet… and that’s just perfect. Some things are short and sweet… unfortunately. Some things should…
Yosemite
Yosemite is good for the soul. If you need to clear your mind or fill it up, stroll around Yosemite……
The Ride (2)
Here’s some special happiness for your ears and your soul. Just because Prince is so great. This first video is…
Lusciously Divine Party this Friday!
Microfiction: Short-short stories that take an itsy bitsy amount of time to read. Each microfiction piece on this page is under 350 words…
Another Impossible Fake-Day
Microfiction: Short-short stories that take an itsy bitsy amount of time to read. Each microfiction piece on this page is…
Rocky’s Poem
“These things are good: Ice cream and cake A ride on a Harley Seeing monkeys in the trees The…
Come here, Coffee!
I covet coffee, I need some this morning, posthaste! Coffee, coffee, hold the cream Give me coffee, before I scream…
Shiny Drab
A post in response to today’s daily one-word prompt. What would you do for a shiny red ribbon if…
Wanderlust Secrets
A post in response to today’s daily one-word prompt. Today her Wanderlust got the best of her. Today she’ll let her…
Faerie For A Day
A post in response to today’s daily one-word prompt. Welcome to my imagination: Today I decided I don’t feel like…
Of Dictionary Randoms: “Everyday”
I open my dictionary to a random page. My finger lands on a random word. I post whatever I want,…
What I Loved About the Black Panther Movie
* SOME SPOILERS Sciencefiction.com I’m not a huge fan of comic book and superhero movies but I do understand the…
Your energy…
“Don’t be irresponsible with your energy.” A friend named Susan told me this and it makes perfect sense. Life is…
Of Dictionary Randoms: BOTTOMLESS
I open my dictionary to a random page. My finger lands on a random word. I post whatever I want,…
The Daily Post / The Daily One-Word Prompt: “FACT”
A post in response to today’s daily one-word prompt. In this beautiful world of ours, we are surrounded by a…
A Quick Photo Story
Once upon a time (just this past Saturday), we jumped up bright and early and drove to Rodeo Beach and…
Dolores
Sometimes this is what my day feels like. Sometimes when I need to calm my chaos, I listen to this…
Of Dictionary Randoms: “Ambient”
I open my dictionary to a random page. My finger lands on a random word. I post whatever I want,…
ARETHA
Damn. I planned to post a few of my favorite songs from her, but then realized just how…
Of Dictionary Randoms: “SURPRISE”
I open my dictionary to a random page. My finger lands on a random word. I post whatever I want,…
Sometimes All At Once
Prince’s lyrics are funny, serious, silly/corny, profound, disturbing, beautiful, political, sad, happy, crazy, angry, simple, bizarre, funky, romantic, raunchy, passionate,…
Juxtapose This!
A post in response to today’s one-word prompt: JUXTAPOSE A Juxtapose: These song lyrics: I hate you Because I love you…
Don’t Assume
A post in response to today’s one-word prompt, ASSUMPTION. ASSUMPTION. Assumptions: Don’t make them Obtuse Naive Insensible Underestimating Overestimating Misunderstood…
Be Humble. B****, Sit Down.
A post in response to yesterday’s one word prompt, NARCISSISM. Oops, I’m a day late! I wanted to quickly write about…
Time: Rabbits, Enchanted and Ink
A post in response to today’s daily one-word prompt, RUSH. RABBIT: In the 1865 novel “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by…
Slob
A post in response to today’s daily one-word prompt. The weirdest things fly out of my piehole sometimes. I just told…
A Story
A post in response to today’s daily one-word prompt. Once upon a time, while I was out running errands, I…
A Musical Reconnoiter
A post in response to today’s daily one-word prompt. I see music as colors and shapes. It’s my childhood. It’s…
Surrounding Shimmerings
A post in response to today’s daily one-word prompt. These … Everything about my beautiful mother My children My sisters…
Hello 2018! A list for my children for the New Year
Photo credit: ME I never make a New Year resolutions list and I don’t think I will this time either. Besides,…
RUBY BRIDGES
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ Ruby Bridges was the first African-American child to…
The Harlem Renaissance
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ Click on individual images for larger view…
AUDRE LORDE (1934-1992)
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ Audre Lorde was a poet, novelist, essayist, professor,…
SEPTIMA POINSETTE CLARK (1898-1987)
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ The daughter of a former slave and a…
MAYA ANGELOU (1928-2014)
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ Marguerite Annie Johnson Angelou, known…
STEVE BIKO (1946 –1977)
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ Bantu Stephen Biko was a…
GUION BLUFORD
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ Guion “Guy” Stewart Bluford Jr. (born November 22,…
ERNIE BARNES (1938-2009)
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ Ernie Barnes was well known for his…
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE (1875-1955)
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ Mary McLeod Buthane was a human rights,…
ROSA PARKS (1913-2005)
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ ** Today (February 4th) is Rosa Parks’ birthday!…
GORDAN PARKS (1912 – 2006)
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ “I’ve been asked if I think…
CARTER G. WOODSON (1875–1950)
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ “What we need is not a history…
Ida B. Wells (1862-1931)
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ Ida B. Wells was a journalist, abolitionist, feminist…
JAMES BALDWIN (1924-1987)
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ “Not everything that is faced can be changed,…
MARIE M. DALY (1921-2003)
~ New posts will be added throughout the month of February ~ Marie M. Daly was a biochemist.…
HAZEL SCOTT (1920-1981)
~ New posts will be added daily through out the month of February ~ Hazel Scott was a Trinidadian born jazz and classical pianist, singer and actor. She was the first black American to host her own TV show, “The Hazel Scott Show”. The show was notable for being one of the first U.S. Network […]
ALVIN AILEY (1931-1989)
~ New posts will be added through out the month of February ~ Alvin Ailey was the founder of…
Of Dictionary Randoms: “Urge”
I open my dictionary to a random page. My finger lands on a random word. I post whatever I want,…
Let Me Think About It…
“Yesterday I tried to write a novel, but I didn’t know where to begin So I laid down in the…
Woohoo. Great. It’s My Birthday (birthday schmirthday).
Here’s a “glass half empty or glass half full” post for ya. Today is my birthday and I hate doing…
My review of Prince’s Paisley Park Gala Event: ‘Piano & A Microphone’ shows
I GOT A TWITTER NOTIFICATION SHORTLY AFTER POSTING REVIEW (1/28/16). A TWEET FROM @PRINCE. He tweeted the link to my review (I thought…
They…
They had a spectacular day filled with joy and and love. They had some delightful food and drink, and then…
What are We Doing?
What are you doing? What am I doing? Are we living to work, or working to live? Are we toiling…
Make of it What You Will…
Make of it what you will! Whatcha think?
The Important Things
Take care of each other Love one another Emotionally (and physically) embrace one another Have joyful lives Life is short…
These Shoes
Originally posted on PAPAYA DARLING:
https://www.pinterest.com/sarahysabeldyne/shoes/ (Jeffrey Campbells Icy Wedge with Barbie Doll Heads) My co-worker showed up to an event with…
Dreaming Big and Big Dreaming
Microfiction: Short-short stories that take an itsy bitsy amount of time to read. Each microfiction piece on this page is…
3-Part Series of Prince’s Piano & A Microphone reviews
From the cover of the Piano & A Microphone Tour Book In January 2016, I made the trek from Oakland, California…
Is it Purple?
“I like your necklace,” said the grey-haired homely looking woman. She was with her teenage son, the two of them…
Visiting
Microfiction: Short-short stories that take an itsy bitsy amount of time to read. Each microfiction piece on this page is…
Had U
Prince’s final song on the final album (Chaos and Disorder, 1996) that he had to complete to finally finish out…
Cheese and Jave
Microfiction: Short-short stories that take an itsy bitsy amount of time to read. Each microfiction piece on this page is…
A Disneyland Bummer
Microfiction: Short-short stories that take an itsy bitsy amount of time to read. Each microfiction piece on this page is…
The Other Fillings
Microfiction: Short-short stories that take an itsy bitsy amount of time to read. Each microfiction piece on this page is…
Sometimes All At Once
Today is Prince’s birthday, so I’m reposting this one because I’m listening to Prince all day today and I’m all…
Some of the Most Important Things in Life
Some of the most important things in life, in my opinion… Love Health (physical and mental) Family Comfort Benevolence Knowledge…
If I Had 7 Days
If I had 7 days every single week to do whatever I wanted to do for the…
Give Me Some Music!
I had to laugh when I went to listen to some music on my way home from work. I opened…
April 21
April 21st is coming up. So I’m feeling some type of way. Which is ‘sad’. I love this poem. It…
A Very Short Story
A post in response to today’s daily one-word prompt: FRET . Does anyone remember the Sweet Pickles books? I realize…
Dopamine and Adrenaline
Another post in response to the daily one-word prompt Love. It can easily initiate a natural dopamine rush. It can…
FYI: If You See…
A post in response to today’s daily one-word prompt. Just FYI: If you see me smiling that means something or…
Ocean’s Captivating Contradictions
A post in response to today’s daily one-word prompt. The contradictions of the ocean… Its intimidating thunderous rumble is daunting and…
“I Wonder if She Knows How Much I Extra Absolutely So Complete and Sweetly Love Her”
A post in response to today’s daily one-word prompt. Today’s promt word WONDER triggered me to think of an unreleased…
When We’re Dancing Close and Slow
Photo Credit: DNA LOUNGE — www.dnalounge.com Well today I thought back to when Prince sang When We’re Dancing Close and Slow at…
Surprise, I’m silver!
Why am I letting my silver hair grow out? Because I want to. Because I want to. Period. I could…
Multifarious Stratums
I have always admired singers that write their own songs. As well as others that put themselves in the public…
These Shoes
(Jeffrey Campbells Icy Wedge with Barbie Doll Heads – Pinterest) My co-worker showed up to an event with the most irresistible…
Happy Friday. Food is Good.
Happy Friday. I guess. Nothing special about it really. I ate a soft moist decedent fresh chocolate cupcake topped with…
Will I Be Doing Christmas This Year? No.
Made during a recent wreath party by yours truly Will I be ‘doing’ Christmas this year? As in having a big…
Prince… Everybody has something to say!
June 2, 2016: Midwest Medical Examiner’s office concludes that Prince accidentally overdosed on painkiller Fentanyl. I’m not going to harp…
Review: Prince at the ORACLE ARENA in Oakland 3/4/16
“Piano & A Microphone” Prince was in town recently — my hometown — which always makes it even more special. He gave Oakland three…
Review: Prince’s Paramount Theatre shows in Oakland 2/28/16
“PIANO & A MICROPHONE” Prince’s shows at the Paramount Theatre last night were wonderful. I will not write another oversized…
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