She was a glorious Black woman, of an age that could have been forty or sixty five, wearing a green… Read more Juneteenth, In This America
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2021 – Chapter Nine: Being Chased by White Kids, A Sex Story, and Bellybutton Lint.
“I didn’t tell anyone about my near-sex experience until maybe twenty years later when that memory came up in my mind, unbidden and I just started laughing about it. Then I told my wife and she laughed too.”
2021 – Chapter Eight: Teaching Sportsmanship, Campfires, and Smashing the Patriarchy to My Six-Year-Old
Raising a child is a full time job, and I have three. There are no breaks when they’re young, even… Read more 2021 – Chapter Eight: Teaching Sportsmanship, Campfires, and Smashing the Patriarchy to My Six-Year-Old
Very Fine People On Both Sides: My Children are Now Confronting the Reality of the White Moderate
I knew she was coming over to me before she started walking. I heard her need for validation that she… Read more Very Fine People On Both Sides: My Children are Now Confronting the Reality of the White Moderate
2021 – Chapter Six: Coming Out of the Doldrums of Seasonal Affective Disorder and Depression.
I’m not going to lie, I knew when I started down this path of trying to create a new piece… Read more 2021 – Chapter Six: Coming Out of the Doldrums of Seasonal Affective Disorder and Depression.
Stupid Optimism 