A review of Alice Walker’s 1982 book — Before reading The Color Purple, movie scenes of the 1985 film were all I had of the world Alice Walker created for a long time. The movie was big in my household (And other black households in my neighborhood) growing up in the 90s. Kids that I went to school…

Poetry — Here I am your honor To do my jury duty So I’ll wait for you to call my name So I can use my brain and answer the question of guilty or not guilty After I listen to a case To serve a courtroom I know nothing about But before all of these events take place The waiting…

Poetry — Greetings Uncle We’ve never met but I’ve heard a lot about you A lot of people in the United States love you while others wish you never were born You’re America’s Uncle It’s hard to believe you’re 210 years old and that you were born in the war of 1812 What’s your secret to living a long life…

Victim-minded people didn’t sign up to be that way — ‘’I guess I just don’t like unfairness. I think that’s it. And I’ve always been for the underdog’’ — Paul Mooney In a culture that can be cutthroat, it’s very easy for one to fall into a victim mentality. All it takes is one event (Or events) to put us…

It’s true! — I’m forever amazed by the amount of love & care that dogs get from humans that have them. Just when I thought I had heard it all, someone else tops the love they show to their pets. It’s fascinating to observe. A lot of dogs are cute, cuddly, and can…

Some of my thoughts on the 1999 film — When I saw the trailer for this movie in 1998/99, it looked like it was gonna be a lighthearted movie about a boy and this huge robot he become friends with. That was my thought of the movie until I saw it. …

The Maine show continues — Another one of my favorite places that I saw during my cruise ship days is Bucksport, Maine. I think I’ve said that for every place that I’ve written about so far. ‘’This city/town is one of my favorites’’ It’s true though! LOL These places up north in the United States…

Sometimes we gotta ease the writing advice into our consciousness — A few days ago, I was watching a Youtube video on several big-name writers on Medium, who were sharing their writing advice with each other (and to the people who were watching the video). The big thing that I pulled out of watching that video, is that they all had…