VIDEO – Rachel Maddow Show: Be afraid, white people! The black people are coming for you!
I’ve been looking for a way to share this clip with you for several days. Thanks to the folks at The Political Carnival* for making it easy.
I’d never seen Rachel Maddow’s show before. I actually do not watch the news on purpose, so the Shirley Sherrod scandal was “old news” by the time I’d heard about it.
What Rachel points out in the video is how white people are being manipulated for political gain. Day after day, you are being given a multitude of reasons to be afraid. Afraid that someone, mainly (and conveniently) black people are taking away what belongs to YOU.
It’s not a new strategy.
What gets me is that it still works. Read more»
Look at me! I’m Guest Posting!
Well..
Who the hell knew that I would end July on such a high note?
Last week, I was invited by my TwitterBud, Frank Dickinson @ FrankDickinson.me to write a guest post for his blog.
Now, you know my usual reaction.
FREAK OUT.
But Miss Fear and I had a conversation and the post got written.
And I had a lot of fun doing it.
Come show Frank so love and help me celebrate the first of many(I hope) guest posts.
Here’s the link: When the fuck does it get easier?
Love YOU! Thanks for loving me this far. I so appreciate you.
Gathering Up the Pieces I Left Behind
I wrote this post in response to the Day 5 challenge of a program I participated in called “Creating Your Irresistible Presence”. The program was created by the irresistible Sarah Robinson of Escaping-Mediocrity.com. Today’s challenge was issued by Reese Spykerman of Design by Reese. It’s a long one (1200+words) and one that took me 23 days to post.
As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Today, day 5 of the program I’m supposed to look back on my life.
To rediscover me before the world told me “to take it down a notch or be quiet or stop chattering away so much or get your nose out of so many books or stop being so sensitive.”
The me I was before “society decided to suffocate the light within”.
I didn’t know what to do to move forward with this exercise.
So when in doubt, blog. 
The disturbing thing for me as I read the post was this: Society decided to suffocate me before I got here. Read more»
You Bring Me Joy
Today was my 23rd wedding anniversary. This is for Ken. #loveyou #thatisall
You bring me joy
When I’m down
Oh, so much joy
When I lose my way your love comes smiling on me
I saw your face
And then I knew
We would be friends
I was so afraid but your eyes they’d say `come to me’
So I’d say to you
“Can we talk for a while?”
You’d say it’s “alright”
When you love me, I smile
I feel your hands and you feel mine
You bring me joy
You bring me joy
Don’t go too far away
If I can’t see your face, I will remember your smile
But can this be right
Oh and should we be friends
I get lonely sometimes and I’m mixed up again
‘Cause you’re the finest thing I’ve seen in all my life
You bring me joy
My joy, my joy
Oh baby this is gonna be what you want it to be
I just love you, I just love you, oh can`t you see
That you’re the finest I’ve seen in all my life
You bring me joy
My joy . . . you are …you’re my joy
My joy . . . my, my joy
ohhh Thank you baby, thank you baby
I just love you, baby…i just love you baby… i just love you
When I lose my way, your love comes smiling on me
A Change is Gonna Come
Hello luvs!
Well, like anything in life, change is inevitable.
So goes my blog design.
I’ll be playing around with the look and feel over the next couple of days, so please bear with me. Let me know what you like/don’t like and if the navigation works for ya’.
Many thanks to Susan @ Partner 4 Success and Nichole @ N Powered Sites for their design love and expertise.
In the meantime, put your soul shoes on and groove to Seal’s version of the Sam Cooke classic, “A Change is Gonna Come”
Love you!
Let’s Connect!
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