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Image courtesy of Linden Avenue Literary Journal Wednesday I found out I was nominated for Best of the Net 2019, for my Summer in a Bottle essay published in the Linden Avenue Literary Journal. Honestly I had never heard of Best of the Net, but after a little research discovered that it's been around since …
Image from OFFSET, from article posted on Sisters Letter It’s strange to come blinking into the light like some nocturnal animal long burrowed underground. Last time I was single I was in my late 20s; now I’m 43. Before that I didn’t date; I hung out— the ’90s version of “Netflix and chill.” So not …
Continue reading "I’m Trying Dating Apps in my 40s. Wish Me Luck."
@ Black Girl Glitter, 2017 #subdued selfie You wouldn't know it by looking at this picture, but it represents a particularly tumultuous time in my life. And why am I writing about this today? Because Facebook sent me one of those 'remember this?' moments in my timeline and it made me reflect on where I …
What's more summery than soft-serve? New piece up at Linden Avenue Literary Journal. Excerpt: I hold these moments in my heart as carefully as I would a firefly cupped in my hands. Summer captured in a bottle is a wondrous glow of pure magic. Summer is Maryland humidity, thick heat, and swampland. It is central …
I went to see this exhibit back in summer 2014, and it changed my life. It's the single most powerful piece of art I've seen in-person. I was inspired to re-post my original blog after a colleague came into my office today and commented on the poster of Her. I've had that poster since 2014 …
Continue reading "A Look Back @ Kara Walker’s A Subtelty or The Marvelous Sugar Baby"
No Longer Watching the Clock: One writer lets motherhood find her
Image @globeatmica Ok, so tomorrow is Election Day. The mid-terms are here. Political ads are polluting our TVs and littering our mailboxes. We are tired of it all, but we can't succumb to that. We've gotta get out there and vote. I voted last week and it's because of my standing on line for two …
Continue reading "Ready to Vote? How to stand in line at the polls"
Winter is literally coming, but no, this isn’t a Game of Thrones reference although HBO needs to get its house in order and give me my G.O.T ASAP… Now that I got that out of the way let me explain. I lost my Dad suddenly 10 years ago. When he died thoughts of mortality awoke from hibernation, …
I made the decision to straighten my hair. Only now do I realize that by perming my hair I had to keep chasing away the new growth like a hungry stray dog. It told the truth about me; I was nappy.
I've been invited to read for The Inner Loop, a DC reading series, on Tuesday 9/18/18, @ Solid State Books. Details. If you're in the area come through. There will be some other fab writers along with the featured author of the evening, Aminatta Forna. She will be reading from her novel "Happiness."
