the inner views

my identity as a Black child to a woman has never been a question for me until, it was. it was April of 1979, my first day in California, we were waiting for our furniture to arrive from St. Louis. i was an only child then so, my fun, was being by myself. i was...

have you ever been to a place that gives you all the warm with the fuzzies? i have. that place for me is sweetart bakeshop café. i remember the first time i went into the shop. it was almost 16 years ago, music was playing, art was displayed on the walls and the...

in conversation with Dixie Lincoln-Nichols: “life in the pause”   “midlife”. what comes to mind when you hear or see this word?   i know for me, nothing really. you see, i prefer not to subscribe to society’s dictates on what IS or ISN’T for me or my life....

“i love muuuusic” the mighty O’Jays.   i grew up in a home where music was played, a lot. my dad loved music and it was a theme throughout my childhood.   my favorite group (outside of the Jackson’s) are the O’Jays. their introduction, from my dad. he played any...

grief - it’s said there are 7 stages of this “experience”. with the transition of my father, i experienced all of them within a matter of two hours - after receiving the “call”.   innately, i knew that year was going to be the last father’s day. by september of...