Image: Vecteezy.com SPECIAL BULLETIN I interrupt this Land ho! Motivations programming to update on the real-life: steps I've taken, progress I've made, people I've connected with and golden takeaways on this journey to find home in the country, on a budget, as a B.A.M.F. ••• STEPS TAKEN & PROGRESS MADE The truth is, I am much further along than I've... Continue Reading →
‘What happens to a dream deferred?’ • Land ho! • The spark of inspiration
"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"¹ The spark of inspiration - Once upon the twenty first century, March 11, 1959 to be precise, a twenty-eight year old African American, female, middle class-raised, college drop-out, intellectual, journalist, activist, artist, communist, interracially married, queer, Chicago native author... Continue Reading →
in the third person
in the third person she is apart from the world. she sits in her chair and observes. images moving on a screen. that guy is he. that gal is she. they are those people. those people. and the audio track accompanying the moving images says the world is going crazy. look at it. she does... Continue Reading →
Rapprochement, a series (2/5): Emotional, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’
This piece is dedicated to men of my family, late and living, for whom the saying 'Men don't cry,' and all that this encompasses was a truism of manhood a sign of strength as opposed to weakness self-sufficiency and often also, in tone and context, superior to the "Alternative"-- Woman This piece is also dedicated to... Continue Reading →
Rapprochement, a series (1/5): Material, An Introduction
The man in my pilates class from head to toe was huge Maneuvering his body in the corner of the room A sacred space that didn't feel so sacred till he came Its holiness wholly unapparent and now evolved to any body's game What was he thinking? Well, why he shouldn't I don't know But 15... Continue Reading →