What Crosses My Mind

  • Silly Little Hangups

    I used to worry a lot about tying my shoes, the correct way, did my laces lineup properly or did I have too much excess. I used to wonder about how I was stepping in my shoes, was I making straight motions, or sort of a pigeon toed action. I used to wonder about the…

  • Silly Little Hangups

    I used to worry a lot about tying my shoes, the correct way, did my laces lineup properly or did I have too much excess. I used to wonder about how I was stepping in my shoes, was I making straight motions, or sort of a pigeon toed action. I used to wonder about the…

  • I’m Upset About a Coffee House in Philadelphia

    Last night, I turned on the news and there was increasing coverage everywhere about the Starbucks incident with two African-American men being arrested for ‘trespassing’ in a local store. The incident has gained national momentum and attention to the degree that the CEO has met with the two gentlemen and proclaimed a day of sensitivity…

  • CBS Sunday Morning News Gaffe – April 15th, 2018

    I’m disappointed in the CBS Sunday Morning news article on the Starbucks empire this morning (April 15th, 2018). Clearly, when the producers first put together the article on Howard Schultz’s successful coffee career, correspondent Mo Rocca didn’t anticipate an incident in Philadelphia would overshadow his focus upon the success of the Starbucks entrepeneur. (At this…

  • Episodic Rituals

    There are times when in my real life I cry, it is sudden, something I cannot control, watching the illusion of our reality, in the episodic nature of historical fiction, the retelling of the reality, we would all like to pretend is that fiction.   And yet, when I cry there are real tears, I…

  • I Have These Friends

    When they walk out the door, they have natural instincts, look over their shoulder, keep a skeptic eye, they constantly watch their step while they attend, make time to be in, express a similar value, as do I, when I go about living my regular, normal, daily life.   I have these friends, keep their…

  • On Donald Trump and Ignorance

    For weeks, perhaps months, no to be sure, for the last two years I have struggled with the phenomena that is Donald Trump. I will secretly admit to everyone that a decade ago, when he first threw his name into the hat as a candidate and then swiftly pulled it out because the powers that…

  • Feed My Starving Ego

    I am that man, quiet exterior, turbulent insides that mock, the true nature of my kind, soft, demeanor. Give me something to chew on, I will respond, sustenance is my substance, of course, that’s what they tell me, I strive to organize my plate with all the resources available, give me strength, let me value…

  • Bigotry Screams

    I live in the United States – all my life, though I have had opportunity to travel, this is where my freedom has always evolved. In recent days we lost Supreme Court Judge Antonin Scalia to death. He was 79 years old. This man was highly respected for his strong views in a conservative lens.…

  • An Upsetting Time

    Stunned, a brief awareness, then disbelief, then horrific, ugly, insane realization. My people, your people, we people, all of us trying to breathe. We are told to ‘look the other way’ in a manner of speaking only because we still have compassion. We are asked to pass judgment upon soul driven desire across the divide…