Morphological Confetti

Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy. Author: Jim Rohn Wow! This weekend was really great. I must say that I have really been enjoying my weekends lately. I started off on Friday evening with a Fashion Show and music at Zanzibar on the Waterfront. It's a club here in DC. It was really fantastic. The theme was South Africa and it featured the style, dance and music of South Africa. It was great! The South African community represented well. There were people of all age groups. I also helped to host the event. It's been a very long time since I've been on stage since my radio days, but I think that I did a great job. I was so nervous that I would not represent the pageant well. Overall, I practiced a little and executed well. Saturday was a family event. My mother's church had a picnic. My mother was proud that a great deal of her family showed up. Shew!!! She ...

I had the most interesting weekend. Saturday evening, I attended a preliminary pageant for Miss Africa here in the Washington, DC area. It was with a small group consisting of judges and guest along with about 15 beautiful women representing different countries throughout the African continent; It went well. The funny thing is that the organizers picked audience members to ask the contestants questions. By the way, they didn't inform me or anyone else that they were going to be picked. I was one of the guest they picked to question one contestant member. The question was purely off the top of my skull. I asked her, "How do you envision the African or Black diaspora for the 21st Century?" The contestant looked at me with a puzzled look. I wanted to retract my question and ask her something simple like, "Who is the greatest influence in your life," but I had to ask her a heavy question like that. I saw the confusion in her face and immediately posed the question i...

5:15 PM I see…subterranean beings pushing and shoving Me? Moving, chillin’, I’m swaying Playgirl... sportin’ low riding pants switching, gliding Couples holding each other... embracing, clutching and vibing Sista 5 ft 7, chocolate, lips glossed, shaped nice- I want to make her my wife I see...immigrant family searching… wondering which train to board Me? I’m spittin’ and writin’…shit-- I guess you figured I’m bored African, American, Black, beige and brown colored people Amendments, rights, discrimination…just trying to be equal Khoi-San, Nubian- Queen splashed in sage Meanwhile... wanting, hoping, fakin'… trying to behave Colors , colors , colors I see figures purple and green. Orange, pink, azure and all others in between Have a safe weekend. Peace~

This Saturday, August 13th will be another birthday for me. Do you know a famous individual with whom you share a birthday? I share my birthday with a rapper/actor, poet and a dictator. It's always interesting to know with whom one shares a birthday. I feel somehow connected with them through the stars and wonder if there are similar character traits between us. For example, I share a birthday with Fidel Castro. Now that's heavy! He's been vilified by most of the Western world; however, Fidel might be cool to hang out with though. I can see me and Fidel now... chillin' in Havanna having a birthday cigar. We could turn on some music and jam to Afro-Cuban percussionist, Willie Bobo! Yeah!  Oh, I know that we are all unique and we have our own paths in life, etc. However, I sometimes entertain the idea that people of the same zodiac share similar traits. I am not particularly knowledgeable about Astrology, but I find it interesting. Anyway, today I plan to just rela...

NYC in April I went to see Julius Ceasar starring Denzel Washington. Good times!

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I was in North Carolina this past weekend visiting my grandfather. He lives in Williamston. Williamston is located in Eastern North Carolina along the Roanoke River. My family has deep roots in that part of the state and Martin County specifically that goes back 150 years. My grandfather is a great source of information and a direct link to the past. He is a joy to talk to because he has become quite the conversationalist at 86 years of age. He arbitrarily talks about his youth and usually the happiest times of his life. He doesn't talk about past loves, but of past cars. I don't care what question I asked he would always mention the car that he owned around that time. I asked him about the time that he asked for my grandmothers hand in marriage in 1945. He responded with, "I had a green 1938 Chevrolet." He did mention that there was another girl that wanted him to marry her, but he wanted my grandmother especially. He also talked about the best car that he'd ever...