Archive for October, 2007
Chicken or Ham
Trick or TreatSmelly FeetChicken or HamIn a red and green can
I thought I’d throw in a little Halloween humor (okay, maybe humor is a stretch). since today is October 31 (otherwise known as Halloween in the US). My kids are out of school today. Teacher workday, the school system is calling it. To the kids, [...]
Get Back, Black
“If you’re black, get back.If you’re brown, get down.If you’re yellow, you’re mellow.If you’re white, you’re right.”
Those are the words of a little jingle I learned when I was young. I shared it with a white Alabama woman, maybe ten years younger than me, and her jaw dropped. She’d never heard the ditty and she [...]
American Nightmare
The other night I went to this major going-out-of-business sale at an old warehouse downtown. The place was chock full of framed artwork, fine linens, and designer shoes. Even the sidewalks were spilling over. And then I woke up and my great dream evaporated into a tangle of hot bedclothes. What a nightmare! I had [...]
Pretty Woman
I wrote this in 2004
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater.Had a wife but couldn’t keep her.Put her in a pumpkin shell;And there he kept her very well.
That’s the way the nursery rhyme goes. Many may say, poor Peter. Why didn’t he just get rid of that contentious woman? I see it differently. Looks to me like he [...]
Once Upon a Time When I was Black
There was a tap on my shoulder as I lifted my son to the monkey bars. I turned to face a white woman, brown hair, slight build, friendly smile.
She gestured with her hand toward a small boy playing in the sand behind her and explained, “I just had to tell you this. My son and [...]
