Happy Independence Day….Only For Some

On a day-to-day basis, more often than not, I consider myself to be a confident woman. I’m grateful for what I have, work with what I’ve got and usually look forward to where the adventure of life will take me next as a wife, mother and journalist. But Saturday’s Fourth of July will be tainted… Continue reading Happy Independence Day….Only For Some

Book Review: “I Am Charlie Wilson”

…..”There I was, sitting on a bench listening to my attorney, feeling small and frightened as anyone could feel at the prospect of losing his freedom when Mahin burst through the courtroom’s heavy wooden doors, pushing past the guard and taking off toward the judge…..she wasted no time before pressing into his hands a business… Continue reading Book Review: “I Am Charlie Wilson”

CD Review: Tamia’s “Love Life”

….On her first major label CD in over a decade, to be blunt, Tamia steps lively and dishes out the sexy. Claude Kelly is joined this time around by Chuck Harmony, Christopher “Tricky” Stewart, Shep Crawford, Tarius “The-Dream” Nash and Polow da Don, next-level board controllers that empower Tamia to create her most swerved-out and… Continue reading CD Review: Tamia’s “Love Life”

“I Am Charlie Wilson,” The Man, Music & Memoir

…..”I look that bad?” I asked, lucid enough to know that her tears were for me.”You’re going to die,” she said, shaking her head. “I just don’t want you to die. Look here, I work at this rehabilitation center. It’s north of Los Angeles. You have to come in. You have to come with me,… Continue reading “I Am Charlie Wilson,” The Man, Music & Memoir

Sam Irby Jr: Parenting, Grandparenting & Generation Next

He’s a quiet, meditative Baby Boomer who spent his formative years in Sandusky and Cleveland, Ohio. The son of a war veteran and the second-born of six children, Samuel Thomas Irby Jr. was a married father of three when he decided to move across the country and put his refrigeration and air-conditioning skills to use… Continue reading Sam Irby Jr: Parenting, Grandparenting & Generation Next