Notes from a Friend's Town

1. Hiking = my (re)new addiction 2. Its always interesting to be reminded of where you stand in someones life. I once believed that those whom I saw the most would hold me in closer regard than those I only see occasionally. I was wrong (yep!) and its never felt soo good to know the other side. 3. At some point in childhood we begin to remember days as seperate entities, Monday being different from Tuesday etc. I think its special when children don't recall the last day they saw but rather the emotion they remember you by. 4. Longer than (my) average hair is driving me nuts but I refuse to cut it.....yet 5.  Pity parties are worthless, costly, & over rated. Get over, you could be not living and then your worries would be reduced to the care of your soul... 6. I told you'd I'd call when something of merit occured.  7. I'm looking for a more p.c. replacement for odd man out. Any suggestions?? 8. Being told you possess untapped potential and actually tapping said poten...

It is not only the foundation of the present lawlessness and loss of democratic ideals; it has, more than that,led the world to embrace and worship color bias as social salvation and it is helping to range mankind in ranks of mutual hatred and contempt, at the summons of a cheap and false myth. - W.E.B. Dubois 

& now I don't know what to do. It's not that I don't know what to do, its that I don't want to do what I (think) know to do. Why must this be so confusing?  I'm concerned that if I act contrary to instinct then I'll be left with a mess. I'll once again be employing time in the hopes that I'm wrong...

It's the first day of the Chinese New Year!! This year is the year of the Ox.   The shoes above are a recent release to coincide with the New Year. I think they're quite nice.  Heres a link about the festivities taking place in China!

Editor's Note: We've hit  200! ! Thanks again for stopping by and send your friends on over! 1 . There are times when I reflect on the people whom I hold near and dear as they embark on the seemingly wonderful road that is a relationship. Not the casual, I'm juggling 3 or 4 people road but the "Umm, yeah, I'm not going to be able to kick it with you this weekend, I've got spend some quality time with the significant other" & I get a little jealous, no lies and then  one of these calls takes place.... W: Yo, whats going on? B: Man, I'm pissed. She done lost her mind! W : (laughing quite loudly) Whats good? What happened like that?! B: Man it's a long story (sigh)!! Jealousy annihilated, I can do without telling those stories right now. 2.  I'd love to tell you the reason for my arrival but I have yet to fully rest from my journey... 3.  Black History Month is upon us. Although I'm not big of the lets wait until February to learn so...

It’s been sometime now and I’m not sure that the words will appear in the order I’d prefer them. It’s a combination of excessive text messaging and looking for a clear sense of how I feel and being met with  London ’s best fog. Only a London Fog on my shoulders to direct me through clouds that were too rebelious to remain in the heavens. Dubois spoke of the dual consciousness that African Americans have as they maneuver through American culture, first seeing themselves as a person of color with a host of limitations, assumptions, and hindrances to be calculated before they could acknowledge their humanity. It was (is) their burden to constantly examine themselves to make sure that their ethnicity doesn’t cause them to behave in a manner that would merit their humanity being denied. I can’t say that I’ve ever experienced that struggle in its most intense form. Growing up in the generation after the Civil Rights movement, I have no personal understanding of the struggles that were my gre...

I got the dagger back!