Words are my Life. But Music is my Soul. As a teenager, I was known by some of my friends as “Magic Fingers” because I could play any song I heard. I recorded this video in celebration of the 46th anniversary of WOODSTOCK.
The Perils of Publishing: When you realize you uploaded the wrong video! This is an updated post, with the correct video inserted. Mea culpa…. In late 2014-early 2015, I began to experiment with creating music videos, using an inexpensive video camera and learning about the process of videography. My friends know me as a … More baltimoreblackwoman’s 1st Anniversary Celebration Continues…With Music
This poem, from Christmas 2014, is one of my favorites. A Spiritual piece that required some research to complete. A Christmas Sighting December 25, 2014-January 7, 2015 On Christmas morning, a half hour before Noon, I looked up to the Sky, as I often do, And saw the Moon Chasing the Sun. The Moon was … More baltimoreblackwoman’s 1st Anniversary Celebration Continues…With a Poem
The WordPress.com stats “elves” (I like that better than their suggested “helper monkeys”) prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. My estimated stats as published in my Anniversary post weren’t too far off! I’m still planning at least one more post before New Year’s Day 2016. But in the meantime, I’ve got some more … More 2015 in review
A Year of Learning On December 24, 2014, I took the first step in creating baltimoreblackwoman.com by signing onto WordPress, purchasing my domain name, and choosing the theme for my page, Shine On. It was a huge step for me. I’ve been a writer for as long as I’ve been able to form words and … More baltimoreblackwoman Celebrates 1 Year on WordPress
Merry Christmas from Baltimore Black Woman! Tonight’s post is from my friend and Guest Writer, Paula Shockley. Her Christmas letter to friends and family is the best gift I could have received; what with all the shopping and decorating for The Holiday and such, I sort of forgot what Christmas really means. Her letter reminded … More Christmas 2015
This afternoon, around 4:00 P.M., I was driving my mother from Northeast Baltimore to the Central Post Office in Baltimore, on the eastern edge of downtown. On Harford Road, near Clifton Park, I spotted two helicopters hovering over downtown. My mother asked me to turn on the radio, to a news station. That is how … More The “Freddie Gray” Trials: It’s A Complicated Case—A Hung Jury Is Not an Acquittal
Monday, December 14, 2015 This morning, I arose uncharacteristically early—6:00 A.M., so that I could witness the closing arguments in the first of the “Freddie Gray” trials. An old friend of mine had invited me to tag along, and I accepted the invitation, not knowing what to expect of the proceedings. I only knew that … More The “Freddie Gray” Trials: Closing Arguments of the First Trial, of Officer William Porter
The timing of this article could not be more wrong. Or more right. Like many of you, I have been watching the coverage of the latest mass shooting in San Bernadino, California. I have gone from being sickened by the horror of the shooting to being downright angry about the nitpicking by the cable networks … More “Guns Don’t Kill People….” And Other Forms of Circular Logic
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