Morphological Confetti

Robert Johnson, Terraplane Blue 2001. Stephen Bess Watercolor, pencil, and ink on paper Terraplane Blues "And I feel so lonesome you hear me when I moan (x2) Who been drivin my terraplane for you since I've been gone I'd said I flashed your lights mama your horn won't even blow I even flash my lights mama this horn won't even blow Got a short in this connection hoo-well, babe, its way down below I'm on hist your hood momma mmmm I'm bound to check your oil (x2) I got a woman that I'm lovin way down in Arkansas..." Lyric Source: © (1978) 1990, 1991 Lehsem II, LLC/Claud L. JohnsonAdministered by Music & Media International, Inc.

In honor of Black History Month I wanted to post a little note that I left on the Roberson Family guestbook. The Roberson family owned my ancestors who were slaves on the Cross Roads Plantation in Martin County, North Carolina. This fact is known because my family never left that region after slavery and still reside there today. As a matter of fact, my grandmother was raised on the same plantation her grandfather worked as a slave. Her great uncle is the late Rev., William Drew Robeson, who is the father of actor, activist, and singer, the late Paul Robeson. This is a part of my history that I continue to study and I am finding out more and more as time goes on. I hope that you will find this as interesting as I did. I wasn't angry at them for their part in history. I just wanted them to know the names of those people who were affected/infected by their part in history. The note: Stephen Bess Tuesday, 12/23/03, 8:07 AM Happy holidays!! I am a descendant of Ezekiel Roberson who wa...