Love in a House Divided

Posted by on Jun 8, 2016 in This was on my mind | No Comments

I just spent a heart wrenching, spirit deflating several hours on YouTube watching videos in which black women defame black men and black men demonize black women. Of course, I knew of the great – and I claim quite damaging – divide between black men and women. I hear about it a fair amount because […]

For Chas S. Happier Love Tweets

Posted by on Jun 5, 2016 in This was on my mind, Uncategorized | No Comments

    This is for Chas S. She wants me to tweet about relationships more … ones that are happy. And I thought about it for a while. Then I reviewed my tweets and thought my goodness, she’s right. I do sound like a bit of a scrooge LOL! So … I tried to find […]

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THIS GIFT?

Posted by on Jun 3, 2016 in This was on my mind | No Comments

Today is a singularity. There will be other days. For most, but not all of us, there will be a tomorrow. But Today, this particular twenty-four hours is a one-time thing. Once it’s gone you cannot get it back. Of course, this idea is neither novel nor hard to grasp. Today and its singular nature […]

10 THINGS I LEARNED IN 27 YEARS OF MARRIAGE

Posted by on May 29, 2016 in This was on my mind | No Comments

Ten Things I Learned in 27 Years of Marriage Number 1: I had more June Cleaver, Claire Huxtable genes than I thought. Nothing like love to make you feel oddly domestic in ways you swore you’d never do. Number 2: I don’t know where they got this from but I did not find that 2 […]

THE DISPOSABLE MAN THEORY

Posted by on May 29, 2016 in This was on my mind | No Comments

The Disposable Man Theory When I was 16, I thought men were disposable. . If one did anything I didn’t like, he was out. I disposed of them, regularly. By 26, I thought men were indispensible. Wanted marriage and a baby. Not having one made me feel like a failure, fleetingly. At 36 I had […]