I am a creative. I am a fiction writer and a poet. I am also an essayist. I am good at what I do, and I am extremely proud of that. However, I am not great. Nor do I aspire for greatness. I can’t say what other writers do or…

Madonna has stirred up a lot of controversy lately with her ever changing face and her refusal to age. Well, let me scratch that, we all age. It’s not her refusal to age, but her refusal to look her age. Some will even call it her refusal to age gracefully. …

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays simply because it is all about family. No gimmicks. No money making schemes. No commercialism or materialism. No hijacking of what the holiday is supposed to stand for. I’m not talking about the alleged origins of Thanksgiving either, the story we used to…

Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and space traveler, recently acquired the Twitter platform for 44 billion dollars. This was not without controversy. Musk attempted to rescind his offer, but Twitter sued him, basically forcing his hand and making him buy the platform. Musk took over at the end of October…

America has a problem, well she has many. But, right now, the far right is front and center. Three days ago, an 82-year-old man was attacked in his home by a man with a hammer. This wasn’t just any 82-year-old. It was Paul Pelosi. He is the husband of Speaker…

In one of the worst non-apologies ever, Kanye West claims to *now* know what it feels like to have a knee on his neck. Sir, you do not know what George Floyd felt like. If you did, you wouldn’t still be here. You cannot compare what a man felt as…

I’m done wasting money at restaurants… I’m giving up on going out to eat at restaurants. Why? It’s expensive. Sometimes, it’s time consuming. The food isn’t always good. Service can be awful. The drinks — alcoholic and non-alcoholic — are way overpriced. Something about sitting at the table of a…

It was Dr. Maya Angelou who once said, “When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.” Kanye West is MAGA, far-right, alt-right, white supremacist, skinhead, extremist, nationalist, Christian nationalist, whatever adjective/verb you want to call it, and he has been for some time now. He also…

I do not believe in settling. It might be a matter of semantics, but hear me out. To settle or not to settle that is the question??? My answer — I categorically do not believe in settling. Of course, settling means different things to different people. To some it means…