Morphological Confetti

"Black is the color of my true loves hair [Her] face so soft and wondrous fair..." ~Nina Simone I want to wish a Happy, Happy birthday to my wonderful and loving wife [ pictured above ]. Ratu, may God bless you and give you all your heart desires on this anniversary of your birth. Ke a o rata --MmmmmBbbbbbbaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Dawn An angel, robed in spotless white, Bent down and kissed the sleeping Night. Night woke to blush; the sprite was gone. Men saw the blush and called it Dawn. ~ Paul Laurence Dunbar I got up one morning just to see the sunrise. This is only part of what I saw. Look, the sky is blushing! This poem by Dunbar was one of the first poems I memorized as a freshman in college. I used to recite this poem to girls on campus and they would smile and say, "that's so romantic." Nowadays, I recite my own poems to my wife and she says, "put it in a book, Bess!" Then, I smile say, "that's so romantic."

It was always a similar speech before momma left to go to work. “I want this apartment cleaned up before I come home from work tonight. If it ain’t clean, y’all can forget about going outside this weekend. Calvin, I want you to cook tonight – just throw on some hotdogs and beans and don’t eat the whole pack. You get two hotdogs a piece. Stevie, it’s your turn to do those dishes tonight. I want my kitchen cleaned! Maurice, I want you to get in there and clean up that back room. It don’t make no sense how nasty it is. You should be ashamed of yourself. After that, I want you to vacuum in the living room, and stay out of my living room after you finish. I don’t want y’all playing around in this apartment either. I mean no running, jumping, sliding, and especially no crashing! If I come back home tonight and find anything cracked, I’m cracking some butt. If I find anything chipped, split, or cut, I’m doing the same thing to your butt. You got me! I said, you got me! “Yes, momma,” we all s...

Malcolm X once called the media “the most powerful entity on earth.” He continued that “they have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power.” Yesterday, I received an email from my friend in the UK, NML. She shared with me how the publication, The Daily Mail Newspaper , ran an article about her blog. Now, this sounds great on the surface doesn’t it? I mean, this brings attention to your writing and hard work as a blogger, right? Well, in this case the newspaper printed negative things about her blog and what NML described as all out lies. On her blog, Tired of Men… , NML talks about the everyday life of a black woman living and dating in the UK. Well, The Daily Mail printed an article titled, “Don’t get mad, get E-venge!” describing her as a bitter woman seeking revenge or “e-venge” on an ex-fiancé. She was listed along with a few other lady bloggers as basically being vindictive vixens of the blogging community. To make matters worse, th...

Plain Language You want to write? Don't rack your brain Just keep it from the heart and make it plain. I almost forgot... Peace~

This is a little video I put together from last weekend's South African Freedom Day Celebration. It was a succesful and festive event for the entire community. I had a great time. I hope you enjoy the video and pictures. Have a great weekend. Peace~