PinnedMember-onlyThe Chronicles of BathroomJanitorNotes From My Work Diary — Introducing BathroomJanitor I just had an interesting conversation with the new bathroom janitor. I introduced myself as one of the managers. Not his manager, but one of the managers in the building. Nice guy. He told me about how much energy he puts into cleaning the bathroom, which apparently is…Mwc Work5 min readMwc Work5 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe Voice —A short story about a beautiful voice, grief, and the human spiritShe was blessed with a wonderful voice, and when she stood in the spotlight, she sang for all to hear. Her voice was pitch-perfect, able to climb all the highs and ride all the lows. With virtual ease she could sing any verse, any chorus, any refrain. A faint quiver…Short Story4 min readShort Story4 min read
PinnedMember-onlyI’m the Fifty-Clap GuyI’m the fifty-clap guy. I am that guy on Medium, your biggest cheerleader. I’m the Olympics diving-judge whose score is thrown out for being too high. I don’t care. I am here to give you your flowers. All of them. I’m here to make up for the one-clap clappers. (But…Writers On Writing3 min readWriters On Writing3 min read
PinnedMember-onlyOde to the Poet (Write On!)In Honor of all Poets and International Poetry Day It’s all like music, the way the events, emotions, and landscapes, write themselves in a colorful symphony of letters and words that devour our senses, so that we exhibit synesthesia, unable to distinguish sight from sound, or taste from touch. A…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Jun 7Member-onlyThe Colony of CandlesA short story of fear, hope, wisdom, experience, innocence, and survival. There once was a colony of candles. The candles were tall, strong, erect, and stood at different heights that reflected their respective ages. …Hope2 min readHope2 min read
Dec 27, 2022Member-onlyThe KettleA Pot of Inspiration for the New Year The water molecules glided over each other, in a fluid lazy motion. Life was good in their settled community, the transparent jar they called home. There, they moved at their own pace. They were not the most curious bunch of molecules, but…Life2 min readLife2 min read
Feb 8, 2022In 1949 Black Airmen Won the 1st “Top Gun” Competition and No One Knows About ItUncovering Hidden Black Excellence For Black History month, I decided to do a series of articles that highlight a few of the many many stories of hidden Black excellence. Make no mistake, these stories have been hidden, and hidden purposely. I do not want to get too much into the…Black History Month3 min readBlack History Month3 min read
Jan 15, 2022Member-onlyThe Knight, the Wig, the Wind, and GodIt was as if Knight had been predestined to enter into Alissa’s universe at that very moment. All the coordinates of time, energy, space, biomechanics, science, and paranormal occurrences, intersected. …Life2 min readLife2 min read
Nov 22, 2021Member-onlyMy Teenage Girl in a PictureI took this cellphone picture of my daughter over the summer. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what does this picture say? Does it tell you that it was a gloriously warm summer day for a family excursion? …Teenagers2 min readTeenagers2 min read
Sep 22, 2021Member-onlyRussian Tea CakesThe evil woman from the Contracts Department, the one with the rosy cheeks has done us in with her sweets. She’s poisoned our office with her baked goods, the irresistible ones. Literally irresistible, the cookies draw us towards them with a gravitational pull that is so famous that the lure is now lore. Quite simply, humans can’t resist. It’s like culinary crack that crunches then melts simultaneously on our unguarded…Humor2 min readHumor2 min read