It is 7/27/2015 which means it is finally over. My sister’s wedding that is. The planning began years ago, even before she met the man she was to wed back in 2009. It went into high gear when he proposed last year. I haven’t been involved except to get my orders to walk in her […]
The Fallacy of the Victory Narrative and Why I am a Feminist
I’ve had a lot on my mind lately. Different issues, same line of thoughts. Police brutality especially as pertains to the African American community. Gay marriage and the Indiana freedom to discriminate laws. Women’s rights and contraception. Earth rights and fracking and climate change, etc. My sister T’ni recently asked me if I were feminist […]
Love by Proust
“Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us.” “People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer because of a very ordinary woman. This is like being surprised that anyone should be stricken with cholera because of a creature so insignificant as the common bacillus.” […]
The Flowers that Bring the Bees to My Yard
On this sad day, a stroll through the garden is a reminder there is beauty in the world. A cluster of lilies and day-lilies. Catnip Rose Lavender Hibiscus Spiderwort – it volunteered itself into the garden A medley Hydrangea Thyme Dahlia Jasmine They really like the catnip.
Standing Up – We are Entitled to be Included
A Tuliart Creation I have taken to calling cocoa-coloured dresses, shoes, lingerie and accessories nude in public (like in shops with friends and salespeople) while the tan, beige, sand, and cream ones are just that; tan, beige, sand and cream. If the traditionally nude hued person I am with squirms just a little, my point […]
My First Courgette
I came home today after a few days away to notice that my garden has sprouted it’s first fully grown courgette (zucchini). It’s sitting on the kitchen counter-top currently. A lovely specimen. I’m thinking that I will saute it with garlic and add basil from the garden (lime variety) that is about to flower. We […]
Utopia
For if you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded from this, but that you first make thieves and then punish them. Saint Thomas More, Utopia, […]
Attempting to Save My Soul
I went to visit my parents and I couldn’t say no to their suggestion that we go to church together. Well, I did say no, it just wasn’t accepted. “Today is Pentecost Sunday”, my father announced, and I replied “Really?!”, as if that was a valid enough reason. So off we went to the parish […]
Anger
Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person to the right degree at the right time for the right purpose and in the right way, that is not easy. Aristotle
Beloved by Toni Morrison
I wrote previously that Beloved was essentially my introduction to the horrors of American slavery and to the complexities of American history and racism in America. I read it in my second year in the United States, while taking AP American History in 11th grade high school. Written in 1987, it won author Toni Morrison […]
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.