My pee got scared!
A few weeks ago, I had to take a pee test to check for drugs in my system. No, I’m not on probation (to some of you and yours surprise, I am sure). Rather, I recently received a stellar offer to relocate to Portland and part of the company’s pre-employment screening process involves a background check […]
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We All Need Allies
As published in City Xtra Magazine, September 2014 issue: There are times in our lives when we all wish we had an unwavering ally. Someone who will not only be there to help battle the gravest of injustice but also when we have a bad day at work or a fight with our partner or when […]
MoreTo my Ginnie Girl
To one of my dearest friends and most honorable of sentient beings, Thank you for being in my life over the past 18 years, but mostly THANK YOU for letting me be your owner for 10 of them. We had a good run, you and I. You have seen more boyfriends and breakups than almost […]
MoreNews Flash: Compassion does not equal Pity
A little over a week ago, I posted a picture online of two gentleman sitting behind a table, staring at a computer, steeped in conversation. It looked as though they were sitting in a living room, working on one of the gentleman’s taxes. In actuality, I was at a bar with some friends, watching a women’s […]
MoreTem-uh-COOL-uh!
Recently, my baby brother got married. His partner is a lovely woman – smart, sassy, good taste, beautiful, and gives my brother a solid run for his money. She possesses all of the qualities one could hope for when being an overly judgmental sister, 10 years his elder, and I really like her alot! They […]
MoreMaya Angelou [April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014]
When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, […]
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Listen carefully. Look for the Light. by Al Letson
Listen carefully. Look for the Light. Al, you are a truth-telling genius.This, The Dark City.This,The dark city,Unheard ofUnknown.Lost.We speak in whispersHold our head downMumble when spoken to.And just keep breathing.Slow. When they speak of fire,It is a distant memory of a lightning strike.Something that never happens here.This,the dark cityUnassumingUnimportantUnimaginativeDark.OrSo we have heardSo we have told ourselves.So […]
MoreFreeKHG – It’s a Wrap!
“Imagine a city where graffiti wasn’t illegal, a city where everybody could draw whatever they liked. Where every street was awash with a million colours and little phrases. Where standing at a bus stop was never boring. A city that felt like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons […]
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Composer Biography: Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Georges Bizet was born in 1838, in Paris, to a musical family who encouraged his talents as a pianist from a very young age. His father was a song teacher and his mother a pianist. Bizet was another musical prodigy raised during the 19th Century period of Romanticism. His parents taught Bizet to read and play […]
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