From NeverSkurred: My Brain's Dustbin

It’s Almost A New Year & I Couldn’t Be More Excited!

As another year draws to a close, I meet it with a feeling that I don’t recall having during previous years: excitement. Don’t get me wrong. I’ve always been optimistic about the upcoming year. Usually, that optimism is running just ahead of the thought “Something has got to happen to make next year better than THIS one!” I lead a charmed existence. There’s no denying that. But, in previous…

Pondering This Thing Called My (Black) Freedom and Escape…Or A Ponderous Rambling

The tone of my day was set by the most recent episode of HBO’s “Lovecraft Country.” The theme that stuck with me most was that of the character Hippolyta and her quest for growth and freedom in a world that sought to control and shrink her to a manageable size.

In one scene, she finds herself in the company of none other than Josephine Baker. We see her revel in the freedom and passions made…

Sweater Weather Is The Respite I’ve Been Waiting For

(Photo Credit – Michael Williams Astwood)

It’s here! It’s finally here! I’ve waited oh, so patiently. I sweated through a tumultuous summer. In the middle of a pandemic, protests, riots, overall governmental fuckups and idiocy…I waited.

I bided my time.

But the wait is finally over, people. I no longer have to hope and pray and wonder. Sweater weather is here!

Anyone that knows me knows…