A Bird’s Eye View: What the Bird Doesn’t See
The mountain I frequently hike is like a quirky friend, who loves shopping at thrift shops—rummaging though large boxes and through wobbly racks of moth-smelling clothes. She shows up at […]
Being Courageous About Fear
“You can protect yourself from a thief by locking valuables away. You can protect yourself from physical harm by taking self defense classes. But there is absolutely no way to […]
Drunk Aunt Randi Thinks We Done Got a Bit Stupid With Funerals
I been resistin’ writin’ bout this ‘cause we Black folks is real touchy and tend to argue about certain thangs: church stuff, Jesse Jackson, and grits (salt or sugar); but […]
Dance, Fart & Eat Tacos
My birthday is this week and I think it’s a big deal. It’s not because I think I’m a big deal; I think birthdays are a big deal generally. Every […]
Expectation Management
I had some amazing shit happen to me yesterday. I had one of those meetings that indicated that dreams really do come true, just maybe. It was a meeting […]
Sandra B.’s Top Hit
I don’t think that my mother had a premonition that she was going to die young; but, she stuffed lessons into me the way we women stuff our suitcases after […]