July 2011
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Brilliant mini documentary featuring behind the scenes footage of Jay-Z and Kanye West making “Watch The Throne”. Features unseen clips of Jay and Kanye in their element. The documentary also plays unheard verses from Kanye and Jay-Z.
June 2011
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May 2011
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Seek first to understand, then be understood.
– Stephen Covey
March 2011
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Untitled Poem circa 2001
When it rains
and floods the plains
of my familiar,
I am bombarded with
puzzle-pieced collages
shatter-dreamed masterpieces
painted pictures of a past that was
but never will
be.
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January 2011
3 posts
Rare Polaroids and Snapshots of Jean-Michel... →
In preparation for my upcoming trip to Paris, I’m obsessed with all things Basquiat. In celebration of what would have been the artist’s 50th birthday, seems like everyone is talking about him. Here are some rare photos courtesy of Vanity Fair.
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On Family: Contemplating Christmas
A few days ago, I wrote an essay on parenting, consumption and Christmas that Heart & Soul magazine published. Check out the essay: Less Than I Had.
Happy New Year!
October 2010
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I've changed yet Starbucks caramel sauce has not.
Chasing the feeling Starbucks gave me umpteen years ago when I was a fresh-faced high schooler addicted to caramel mochas. Back when “going to Starbucks” was akin to seeing a Broadway play-something the “cultured” people did. On the weekends. Out of town.
The only thing that brings it back clearly is the taste of Starbucks caramel sauce which amazingly has stayed...
June 2010
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listening to "Fela Kuti - Fear Not For Man" →
The only thing that keeps me more up than #coffee. Music.
May 2010
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Haiku
I burn slow, steady
A bed of embers storing
This warm hearth for you.
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A Poem: I am Waiting
I am waiting for you in the rain.
I am waiting for you through the music I am playing.
I am waiting to see your image swagger through the shadows
and rescue me from a house full of noise.
I am waiting for you in the dark.
I am waiting for you to hear the pleas in my eyes,
hear the tears in my sighs,
sense the ever-growing need for you to be there.
I am waiting for you in the light.
I...
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Breadwinner
As a girl, I never pictured myself the breadwinner. Growing up in Nashville, Tennessee, I was not so much a Southern Belle, as I was a product of good ole’ Southern values. Go to church on Sundays. Come home and cook a feast for your family. Get the babies to bed. Get your family’s week started off on the right track.
I could see myself one day staying home, chipping away at the time by fussing...
listening to "Kurt Elling And The SSO - Nature... →
Epic.
April 2010
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listening to "Freddie Hubbard →
Starting the week with Freddie Hubbard and Herbie Hancock #jazz
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Poem 2
the way you wield
so wrecklessly
your new-found powers over me
is a thing more frightening than
taking a plunge into the deep end
for
like i told you:
i can’t swim.
or can i?
knowing my secret is
in your heart locked and
you yourself shall
keep the key of it
makes me rethink
makes me wonder
makes me want to try
at least
to tread.
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Poem
You made me
the woman
I am
yet you’ll
never know
the woman I became.