by Michael | Feb 7, 2022 | Stone River Writers
I History. His-story. Are you he or him? If you’re a she, her, they, or them, your story is not entirely yours to write or shape. Buyer beware. II It is ridiculous, yet I don’t know which is more ridiculous. The efforts to restrict knowledge of history or the actual...
by Michael | Feb 7, 2022 | Nibbles and Nuggets
I LOVE these cards!!! Get your deck at https://www.blackqueertarot.com According to my Rise Sleep app, my sleep debt is 17.7 hours since Saturday. Chyle… Getting my eyes dilated this afternoon. Probably should draw my tarot cards before heading to the doctor’s office....
by Michael | May 24, 2021 | Stone River Writers
As the iconic hook of Miles Davis’s “So What” caresses my ears my thoughts shift to possibilities and creation. The story remains one of the possibilities—publishing my first novel, publishing the first volume of my publishing empire, and building something better...
by Michael | May 18, 2021 | Story Buds
Photo Source: AliExpress https://he.aliexpress.com/item/1588072154.html He was no longer tired. The demoralizing vice of bloodlust was reinfecting him. He did not mourn the grizzled warrior that he left behind. However, he mourned the wise gentleman of leisure he was...
by Michael | Apr 19, 2021 | Stone River Writers
Patti Negri’s book, “Old World Magick for the Modern World” is on my desk next to me. She gave it to me following our psychic experience with her. I was compelled to pull this book from my shelf because my father has been tugging at my ears each day. I’m grateful that...
by Michael | Mar 30, 2021 | Nibbles and Nuggets
I am amazed by the things that girls and women survive in this world. From patriarchy to misogyny with far too many daily threats to personal security, self-determinism, and autonomy. The view from the outside incites far too many negative emotions for me; however, I...
by Michael | Mar 29, 2021 | Stone River Writers
Prompt for this entry “Heroes aren’t only in the movies.” This phrase stretches across my upper back on a long-sleeve t-shirt given to me by the Black AIDS Institute many years ago. I was part of the volunteer squad to help them with their annual fundraising gala and...
by Michael | Jan 13, 2021 | Stone River Writers
In childhood, the sermon was my least favorite segment of church service until the pastor got to whoopin’ near the end. By then, the ladies of the church had long since swooned when embodied with the holy ghost and had recovered their faculties. The deacons helped to...
by Michael | Dec 31, 2020 | Stone River Writers
Reflecting on 2020 it is difficult to avert my gaze from the Black bodies wounded and lives cut short by the pandemic, economic collapse, food and housing instability, hundreds of thousands of deaths, culture wars, broadside threats to democracy, appalling pardons...
by Michael | Dec 31, 2020 | Journal
I changed my mind about a lot of things this year. I’ve known better for a long time, but I did not necessarily do better. This past year saw me continue to wrestle with doing the right thing for my physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. If I apply “As a man...
