Writing

My roommate rented the moving truck and I hired the mover. Never before in life have I been so self-conscious of “moving while black,” but in this current political climate, I seriously considered getting a canvas banner printed up with all three of our pictures on it with a caption that read, “Don’t Call the … Continue reading »

For the first time in a decade, I have a roommate. We moved into a two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment. Now, we have two TVs. Initially, we planned to put her larger TV in the living room and my smaller one in my bedroom. My bedroom must also have an office space since I work from home. … Continue reading »

For the past week, I’ve taken a daily dose of CBD oil along with a dose of an anti-inflammation booster after exercising. At the end of the week, I attended my usual Friday noontime Bikram power hour class and discovered a breakthrough. According to the Bikram dialogue, yogis should only stretch as far as we … Continue reading »

At one point in my life, I changed apartments 9 times in 10 years. That was also over a span of 5 countries. Such an easy way to be adventurous, simply pack up and move. Then I landed in the fertile grounds of Austin. It’s easy to assume that with age and maturity, that I … Continue reading »

I started dreads back in ’94. At the time, I was a Peace Corps Volunteer because water was far too precious to waste on perming my hair. This practical approach to the limited amount of freshwater turned out to be a lifelong commitment to dreads. “Commitment” may be the wrong word because that usually implies … Continue reading »

Although I practice hot yoga several times a week, one of the greatest benefits is the mindfulness I’ve gained when outside the hot room. The beautiful thing about life is that one never knows when yoga practice will transform into a life-challenge strategy. A friend invited me to attend a monthly storytelling show at a … Continue reading »

In this triple-digit summer heat, some may feel sluggish, gasping for breath in the humidity-filled air, wondering how anyone can logically doubt climate change when every summer seems to be the record-hottest. Even those climate change-denying enthusiasts who hold up a snowball as they willfully mistake “weather” for “climate,” are part of the most insidious … Continue reading »

As a call center agent, I’d normally be very aggravated over the low call volume experienced this week. I took Memorial Day Monday off because I’m a good boss to myself. I continued being good to myself by not setting an alarm to sound at 6:15, so I could rush through the morning routine in … Continue reading »

I imagine the afterlife for wonderful people as an eternity of doing what they loved doing while alive. For Brian, I picture lots of stunt driving, gourmet cooking, playing loud music, even louder laughing, snapping fingers at poignant statements and eating lots of pussy. Is it just me, but didn’t he talk about cunnilingus a … Continue reading »

Conventional wisdom states that practicing a difficult task more often will make that task easier. Well, I’ve discovered a variation on that theme through yoga. I practice 5 times a week, but recently, I started taking a much more difficult type of yoga, ashtanga. Before ashtanga, the most difficult class I’d taken was intermediate Bikram … Continue reading »