Traveling the world with my son: seeing the struggle, resilience and endurance of people As a girl who grew up in deep poverty in the South Bronx where crack was plentiful and milk was not, I learned a thing or two abut resilience and endurance along the way. […]
Abandoned Buildings Still Have Stories and Individuals Who Live in Them I remember when I first landing in Cuba, I started taking photographs immediately. I walked about the city in awe and wonderment. I was so busy snapping away that at some point I came to realize that […]
Against all odds. I recall a Phil Collins song by that title. I even recall a video from back in the day when MTV actually showed videos. Phil Collins’ song was about a love lost and an empty space left behind in one’s heart. The song, when it […]
Never having had a birthday party I worry about how to throw one for my son All weekend long I have been fretting because my year-old son has been sick. It appears that a cookie he bought on his own at the school bake sale was a bit […]
Right off the bat I have to note this was meant to be an old-school reflection in the vein of the recent social media phenomenon of throwback Thursdays. Today is Friday. I kind of missed the boat on that one. That’s just how this week has been rolling. […]
I grew up reading about ten books a week. My mom would head over to the library and just take out book upon book for me. It was a nice way to escape the world. It was a nice way to escape the craziness of the South Bronx, […]
I am a diehard New Yorker. Let’s just get that out of the way immediately. Why? Because despite having lived in six US states, living abroad in Europe, and visiting 43 out of the 50 states, plus Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, I am still in […]
What does our Graffiti say about the state of being? What are the options for those that remain on the margins of society? What can we all do to help lessen the anger and help build up a community? We were all supposed to be in it with […]