A few years ago, I had a conversation with a person in my community about another person who often played music for our group. Ultimately, the person I was talking to expressed a desire for the music person to stop because the music wasn’t polished; it didn’t sound “professional.” What was interesting about this was … Continue reading
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Red Handed
I had the privilege to tell a story for The Narrators San Diego at their monthly meeting at Tiger!Tiger! Tavern. They included it on their podcast. Have a listen. Continue reading
International Women’s Day
Teju Cole writes,⠀⠀⠀⠀ For myself, I don’t like the easy out provided by spotlighting women’s work today. I want to be uncomfortable about how easy it is for a man to get through a world designed around the male ego. [… S]o much of the structure in which I dwell and move and prosper is … Continue reading
Humans Being
A friend sent me this link to an interview with “Montreal-via-Baghdad rapper” Narcy about his new music video “FREE.” Watch the video, read the interview. Both are important. Here in the U.S., many of us have let fear of the other cause us to forget that other humans are equally human–all human hearts are the same. The … Continue reading
Cold Moon Before Yule
I don’t have a bucket list because I so rarely know what are the things I need to do before I die. Rather, my list is one that I add something to after the fact because only then is when I realize that I truly needed that moment to make my life complete. This attitude … Continue reading
