Yes Lord, my dog is so disrespectful, but it’s all good! No seriously, Angel sashayed into my life back in 2014 and she’s been on self-appointed K9 patrol ever since! Let me tell you about this little thing here… As I said, her name is Angel. My cousin, Shawndra, who…

Racial equity is a win-win proposal. My cousin Ron and I often talk about the nebulous meaning of a “good economy” and how some people love to point to it whenever they want to brag about how well the country is doing. We heard a lot of that during the…

I’m not even kidding! We need string instruments back! Yesterday, my fifteen-year-old daughter, Lady J, and I had a conversation about the music that she enjoys listening to. She even shared some of her favorite songs-which shocked me since Lady J, like most kids her age, can be very elusive. …

Have you ever wondered what your mindset has to do with your power? Well, mindset is defined as “the established set of attitudes held by someone.” Now, if you know the status of your mindset-which includes your thoughts, attitudes, beliefs-and where your mindset resides-you can evaluate whether or not you…

And sure enough even waiting will end…if you can just wait long enough. William Faulkner The pandemic did a helluva job shining a light on things that I had once been unable- or unwilling to see. For me, a beam of searing white-hot light illumined the fact that I’ve had…