i’m living back home. i like it. actually, i really love it. it’s an easy kinda of living. for some reason, it’s the kind i wanted to escape growing up here. there are no more 45 minutes commutes for 7 miles to a massive university with nearly 40,000 students. now it takes me 12 minutes…
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a blessing in being bothered
in an interview recently i heard janet jackson refer to missy elliott as ‘jack.’ she said it was because missy was a ‘jack of all trades.’ if you’re a jack (or jaquee), you know this is may be a blessing and perhaps a struggle. it might seem to be a fight for focus. but being…
don’t get too comfortable
last weekend some friends and i bar hopped around dc. when the rooftop at our regular spot was closed for a private event, we headed to another familiar, eye-candied one. as usual, we caught up with old friends, met new ones and ended the night full of little white receipts from our adventures. there were…
still kicking, just not that high
one of the greatest men i ever knew was my granddaddy, connie wesley manley. i love him more years after he’s gone. i wrote a poem for him in my book and i said there that daily i rise deeper into the man he was. and at 41, i’m finally understanding him. his life has…