Serenity… refocus – seek joy – thrive

That last 1o or 15 minutes always seems to go so slowly you’d almost swear the hands on the clock were moving backwards. Just a few more minutes and you’re free to go, to get into the wind, to hit happy hour, to… but then the boss pops in with something that has to be [...]

For some reason it feels incomplete – and almost rude – to make major (to me) decisions armed only with a Blackberry. Or, rather, to attempt to express the substance of them with an itty bitty keyboard and a 1 1/2 inch screen. Even so, I believe I have come to a point where one [...]

The other day I was reading a post over at the Field Negro’s site that primarily dealt with Black conservatives, but also, somewhere in there, talked about the name he uses as his handle and also as his blog’s name – Field Negro. Not surprisingly, there has been a bit of controversy over the name [...]

The problem with reading about historical events that you may or may not have had a previous interest in is – is the more you read, the more you realize how much you don’t know. And need or want to learn. Already I have been leafing through the extensive bibliography in this book, Bound for [...]