Day Two of my journey to fitness was a session with tiny Kimberlee and involved a physical assessment and a few simple questions about my eating habits. The physical assessment involved me standing on what looked like a weight scale with a pull up bar attached. "Stand on the platform hold the bar and wait: one, two, three ... PULL as hard as you can." The bar doesn't actually pull up, it just measures your ability to pull up. It felt like I was trying to lift a garbage truck. There was no …
Kindness, Knowledge, Empathy, Tolerance and Discourse: Healing Race Relations. It Takes Work.
Kindness, knowledge, empathy, tolerance and discourse. The recent Ferguson decision and the subsequent violence that erupted in that town has brought race relations to the forefront once again. I have witnessed some of the most ignorant assumptions and racist remarks that I have not seen since Barack Obama won the presidency. It seems that many White Americans do not understand Black Americans. And it's almost enough to make me think that many don't care to. But being the eternal optimist I …
The One Woman Show
It's official! After nearly three decades, I have started putting together my one woman show! That is all. Stay tuned... …
“I Could Be Next,” the fear of middle age.
Strange days. I am a very upbeat, positive kind of person. I always look on the bright side of most situations and people. However, lately my usually happy-go-lucky thoughts have turned to those of my own mortality. Stroke, heart attack, Cancer, disease and death are what I visualize on a huge roulette wheel and it's spinning. Whose number will be up next? It could be me. I could be next. There could be Cancer cells growing in me right now. A little clot may be waiting to stir loose and …
A Great Loss: Pete Special
Oh My God. I just got the shocking and sad news that Pete Special died today. He helped propel me forward in Chicago as a bandleader and singer. …