Dear President Obama,

 I am a lifelong Democrat who worked for your campaign, and is happy to see the work you've done as President.  Like you, I believe in working with those that oppose you to find common ground.  After watching the deplorable spectacle that was the 2010 elections, I… Read full post »

 Dear Black Man,

I am your mother, your sister, your niece, your daughter, your friend, your wifey, your wife, your girlfriend.  I have no complaints for you, because you already heard all of that stuff before and you are doing your best to work on self.  I feel that.  What you… Read full post »

In Los Angeles, the sentencing for Johannes Mehersle, the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer who shot Oscar Grant in the back was delivered to us via television.  I must say that I expected nothing less than this light sentence, because there is a history of police officers who somehow feel… Read full post »

There must be some serious imbibing going on in this country, and maybe I've gotten some too, because I was watching MSNBC and saw John Bohner speaking in a congratulatory fashion.  My goodness, is he the new Speaker?  What happened to change and hope?  Have we cashed it in for more… Read full post »

Hello friends.  Octavia, Mai my daughter in law and I went to Forest Lawn in Glendale, to the perimeter of the building that houses Michael Jackson's mausoleum.  Routed by flimsy gates and burly security guards, we walked up a fairly steep hill to the spot.  Boy am I glad I quit… Read full post »

For the last month and two days, I have read posts about Michael Jackson on various sites.  No one is indifferent to him.  There is much adulation and worship, and there is much condemnation and judgment. 

As a former drug addict and sexually abused child, I am familiar with the… Read full post »

Say what you want, this is the point.  Leaving everything aside, isn't this beautiful? Read full post »

I am 47.  Yesterday two of the largest influences in my life died.  Farrah was a shero for me, because she played strong characters who were still feminine, still sensual.  Although I did not look like her, I felt her power and took some for myself.  I  needed it in my… Read full post »

Thank you, my friends.  Read full post »