To All the Federal Workers Working Without Pay . . .

“World Teachers Day!” Slowly, your faith grew into my courage and for you— instead of handing you a note or apple or flowers— I raised my hand. ~Pat Mora

Jane Morris Goodall April 3, 1934- October 1, 2005❤️

I'll be at the "Bad Bunny Residency" on February 8, 2026!

Assata Shakur! Read her autobiography with Angela Davis’ introduction—that’s all you need to know!

Yes, It Matters Who You Allow to SPEAK for YOU!

"Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble." --Joseph Campbell

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.” ~Flannery O’Connor

Tribute to Duke Ellington!

youtube.com/shorts/uCfo-... Tupac said it decades ago!

What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open. ~Muriel Rukeyser

YOU Always Have POWER!

Why Not?!

“Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.” ~Jessamyn West

"We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever. ~Carl Sagan

"Sit. Feast on your life." ~Derek Walcott, Love After Love (poem)

The women boxers on Netflix are 🔥🔥🔥

Oh Happy Day!!

Some FENCES were put up for a reason. Just Sayin!

It was my pleasure to participate on a panel about James Baldwin with Cinque, Charles & Tara. My presentation: “The Terrible Beauty of the Black Interior”

JackAss in Chief! You don’t get the Noble Peace Prize by dropping bombs on humans!!!

What a great film! The talent is overwhelming and a young Denzel Washington is a promise that will deliver immeasurably in the years to come.

My last photo of The Hambidge Center. Enjoyed the tranquillity of the mountains but need the jolt of the city.❤️❤️

It’s been magical here!

Join us for an evening of powerful storytelling and reflection as writers Tara Coyt, Anita August, and Charles Stephens share how their work has been shaped by … Thanks to La Maison Baldwin for the 3 week residency at The Hambidge Center.

Just wrote the last check for my student loan after 24 years of monthly payments!

How long shall we kill our prophets while we stand aside and look? ~Redemption Song

why some people be mad at me sometimes they ask me to remember but they want me to remember their memories and i keep on remembering mine. + Lucille Clifton

In nature nothing exists alone. ~Rachel Carson The documentary on her is worth watching on this evening of Earth Day 2025.

The result is within our hands!

Years from now, when we awake and crawl out of the specter of Trumpism, our nation will carry profound collective trauma.

Dr. Mae Carol Jemison—Astronaut

My thoughts: The unjust lost futures of countless children, women, and men—sacrificed to a madman's paralyzing nostalgia for a past that haunts him but will never come to fruition. 😔

Miles Davis with his "Big Ears" on groovin' to Coltrane!

Stay Bad & Dangerous!

I remember a time when I could sleep soundly and not worry what batshit action POTUS was doing.

60 Minutes . . .those kids deserved to be heard! They put in commitment to their craft and hours of practice.

Data does not support that inequality has been erased. Let the kids—all kids—play the music! youtube.com/watch?v=lhwS...

World Needs More of EW&F Energy! youtube.com/watch?v=R_7I...

Lack of empathy for others. . . will one day have a reckoning.

I'm old enough to remember when the Democratic Party had Teeth!

I'm gonna ride with Che's definition of love and not the type of love that lower case christian nationalist use as a narcotic to mask their vile self-righteousness.

"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." ~Audre Lorde

Throw Me Somethin’ Mistah!