Donnie Simpson’s PSA About Radio

Next week I’ll be 32. I’m not so sure I truly qualify to say I grew up listening to Donnie.. then again… I can. Unfortunately, I can’t recall when I first heard or at least noticed his smooth velvet voice on the radio. I do know when Black Entertainment Television (BET) was about substance, there was… [Read more…]

Failing Is Not Fatal

‎”It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default” – J. K. Rowling

A Word About Politicians…

As it is (primary) voting day here in the Nation’s Capital, it’s only fitting that I share a quote a journalism buddy posted on her FB page this morning. “Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly & for the same reason” – Author Unknown To all my registered voters in DC… Go handle… [Read more…]

It’s Over, But It’s Beginning

It’s over. A long drawn out phase in my life. The week leading up to the moment was met with meltdown after meltdown; easily caused by my ultra sensitivity as a human due to a faulty hair decision. Add that to being equiped with monthly woman hypersensitivity… I was a massive ball of anxiety and stress. Yet,… [Read more…]

At The End, But At The Beginning of the Waiting Line

For anyone that has ever run a 5k, 10k or some type of marathon, it’s no doubt that it is the most exciting, challenging, mental and emotional task. However, at the end – that climatic portion - there is that sense of accomplishment that is rewarding, probably a bit redeeming and then the feeling of exhaustion… [Read more…]

Without Premise

“Levee, you worse than ignorant. You ignorant without a premise.”                                                                        - Toledo from August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Sometimes we love people so much that we have to become numb to it. Because if we actually felt how much we love them, it would kill us. That doesn’t make you a bad person. It just means your heart’s too big. Fay (Brittany Murphy) from “Riding in Cars With Boys”

Those who dream by night, in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, and make it possible. T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia)