A Beginning
A New Road Less Traveled Today I walked again to the road less traveled. I looked ahead to my future, I looked backward to my past. My...
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Embrace Your Phoenix
blog & creative writing
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Faces and Voices of Courage - LGBTI+ Stories of Struggle and Triumph from Sub-Saharan Africa - Romeo
“I’m alive and as long as I breathe I will keep fighting because to be silent is to say we are not here, it is to say they were right...
"So few times so close..." I wrote this poem many years ago for a friend ...
"So few times so close, To something so different and real, That instinct takes over and makes you clutch what you feel. But to...
One Hour's Observations on a Sunny Winter Morning in Cape Town
Tourists, the Company Gardens, fat squirrels fed daily by children, homeless humans sitting under trees, everywhere asking for money or...
50 Activists Fighting for LGBTQ Rights in 50 States ( I am honored to represent Alabama - James Robi
In honor of International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, here is a list of activists across the US standing up for...
DAUGHTER OF THE WATER, WOMAN OF THE LEOPARD
Published online in Garden Spices Magazine "They say stars fell on Alabama, what a beautiful night that must have been. Afrika fell on...
Condensed Milk ... Embrace Yourself!
I recognize and acknowledge that the life I am living is filled with wondrous experiences. The past days and months feel like I am a...
In Honor of Vincent Rutherford
Matthew Vincent Ford Shimmering, glimmering light burns bright Though some would say it dims. Shining purity greets my sight When'ere I...
Morning thoughts...
The Sun is rising behind grey clouds, which will quickly disappear, and another beautiful hot summer day will follow ... the warm, moist...
My Snow Day
This morning I awoke to a rare and beautiful event in the Deep South… a Winter Wonderland! Here in Alabama and other parts of the Deep...
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