It’s all shit, until it isn’t.

I had a recent conversation with an acquaintance that I hadn’t seen in awhile.  She asked if I’d been accepted into the VONA workshop and if so, what did I learn. I went into this excited rant about how the experience was life changing, life affirming . . . the BEST experience of my life, […]

Bone of Contention – African American Interests

Daily Prompt:  Pick a contentious issue about which you care deeply — it could be the same-sex marriage debate, or just a disagreement you’re having with a friend. Write a post defending the opposite position, and then reflect on what it was like to do that. Let me start this post off by saying that […]

You want the world to accept you but you can’t even accept yourself.

Daily Prompt: Take a quote from your favorite movie — there’s the title of your post. Now, write! Erik Lehnsherr to Raven (X-Men First Class):  “You want the world to accept you but you can’t even accept yourself.” I have been writing for several years now.  I have two novels in progress and about a […]

Sunday Morning Grace

I am not worthy but You keep on loving me anyhow. GRATITUDE I want to live the life You prepared, to accept all of Your bounty.  You’ve got plans for me. PURPOSE But I keep looking back.  The trail of failures, broken dreams, misused promises overwhelm me. FEAR Then You remind me to seek Your […]

Musical Musings: My Week in Review

Daily Prompt: Tell us how your week went by putting together a playlist of  five songs that represent it. If you ever took the chance to understand the inner man . . . There ain’t nothing I ever do or say that folk don’t criticize me . . . I’m just a soul whose intentions […]