Tag Archives: family

Holiday, Harmony and Courage

I thought long and hard before finally acquies­cing to spend few days with a sli­ver of my family in South Caro­lina.
This sli­ver, one of my father’s sis­ters and her family, migra­ted there from a much col­der place somewhere around twenty years ago. I was barely a per­son and not living in this country at the

Don’t You Want Some Body to Love

Rea­ding “We Hope that Love Calls Us, But Some­ti­mes We’re Not So Sure” in the New Yor­ker I was remin­ded of a recent con­ver­sa­tion with my grand­mother. The yearly con­ver­sa­tion which begins with her enti­cing me to Flo­rida for an up and coming wee­kend, as she does when she migra­tes to Flo­rida with my

Won’t You Let Me Walk You Home From School?

“( Won’t you let me walk you home from school)”
 
Some guy actually asked me this today. I thought it was so kind of “back in the day“ish.
Dude I live in NYC you think I’m crazy?
Brought this song to mind though.
“Won’t you let me meet you at the pool
Maybe

Witness Bearer, Yours Forever, Faithfully

I’ve retur­ned from bea­ring wit­ness  —  with Bach for back­ground  —  in a Northern Vir­gi­nia vine­yard. As a squi­rrel in pre­pa­ring for win­ter I stuf­fed my soul with pure jazz. (while stuf­fing my face with cake to the accom­pa­ni­ment of subtle folk tunes)
You might assume I was burs­ting out of my Cosabella-Soire-Demi-Bra by the end of the