Familiar Ground

“How near, how far…” Fontella Bass (R.I.P.) I’m running behind on keeping this up to date, as usual. To pick up where we left off last time, just as we were leaving, violence erupted at the venue. The problem with big events with politicians and bigwigs is that there is …

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Moonchild

“Can’t we just fly, can’t we let go…” The last few months have been really good. I’ve done a lot with my time off. After years on the daily work grind, I realized I lacked a real direction, and I was slowly losing touch with several people I care about. …

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Electric Lady

“Bang, bang, I’m calling your name…” Hello, world. Gloria and I celebrated our Traditional Engagement on August 8th, 2015. This story was 4 years in the making. We first met through a mutual friend Gladys’s birthday celebration in March of 2011. Little did I know that this meeting would turn …

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Kon Karne

“Darker than the East River, larger than the Empire State…” – MF DOOM, Kon Karne For years I have wanted to visit New York. I finally got to do so on the way to a destination wedding in Dominican Republic in July. We had an 18 hour layover in Newark, …

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