Letters, stories, extemporaneous cries after losing Steele: my intimate partner, best friend and business partner.
I loved Iyanla Vanzant’s meditation for October 14, in her daily word book Acts of Faith. The affirmation for the day was: “I am”. The inspirational quote was: “Stop doing. Start being.” The main difference is that doing is intellectual and being is spiritual. When we get stuck in the doing of things we get trapped in our minds, thinking …
Sankofa, the Akan word for ‘go back and fetch it’, is one of my guiding lights. Most people have heard about the Sankofa principle before, probably from Marcus Garvey, who said: “A people without knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” I am on a Sankofa journey, just like the mythical Sankofa bird …
White chocolate ice cream with honey coated walnuts and crushed waffle cone chunks on top. I prefer a towering spiral of soft serve but two scoops of frozen ice cream are just as sweet. Better than a walk-in freezer on a hot summer day. Better than a body shot at a drunken soiree. A bouquet of water-sprayed flowers from a …
Life can really blindside you and turn the most blissful dream into a nightmare. If you put your all into life, just remember that seasons change. Comfort Food Series {youtubejw}dz1Jp3P3mFs{/youtubejw}
The Comfort Food Series is about the world’s wordsmiths. These artists tap into certain emotional currents that are keys to unlocking the formula I’m looking for. It’s my new mission, figuring out a formula to rid myself of certain emotional dis-eases. These diseases sap the life out of the human spirit. They breed unhappiness and they make life far too …