Mar 11Dogs do not belong in Super MarketsI’m pissed off because I am standing here, getting the last of my groceries — when All of a sudden, a dog lifts its leg and pee’s on the display that houses cold-cuts and other foods. The dog looks up at the owner — who doesn’t have a clue on…Culture2 min readCulture2 min read
Aug 26, 2022A COLORLESS TOMORROW does not mean A FLAVORLESS ONESo there I was in 2018, with my love and his family in Senegal It was everything I imagined it to be, my soul was at peace in a way that I have not experienced before. The overwhelming sensation that I was home- connected to a place that gave me…Inspiration4 min readInspiration4 min read
Aug 12, 2022My baby boy played a huge part in my healing journeyMy baby boy played a huge part in my healing journey It has been about two weeks since I last saw my son. He has been enjoying his time with his cousins, Abuela, Tio, and Tia in Chicago. I am missing him, so I washed his clothes — — holding…Parenting3 min readParenting3 min read
Jun 1, 2022Standing by the pay phone — asking passer byers for a dime to call my mom.Standing by the pay phone — asking passer byers for a dime to call my mom. Taking that dime and buying a 10 cent cookie. Weeks into summer camp I had it down pack-so much so that I had enough dimes to buy my own cup cake and skip the…Freewriting2 min readFreewriting2 min read
May 29, 2022Rainbow Icy in the SkyThere was no exercising — just children at play Under the summer sun in Bk — we ate rainbow Icys — if we had a quarter or 50 cents — a dollar maybe these days I will often spot a sky that reminds me of the rainbow icy I devoured I am grateful — for that EYE a demonstration of truth so powerfully disruptive a negative thought — meets its demise I look up … there is an rainbow icy in the sky …. MaishaWriting1 min readWriting1 min read
May 27, 2022you can just sayyou can just say Ashe then walk away... nothing else is needed. This phrase — a simple gesture of kindness- meaning “ conceive the power to make things happen and produce change”. A very necessary change especially around healing. When our Black friends, peers are discussing their trauma experiences in their content, acknowledge who they’re being in the moment and keep it moving. If you are aware of your whiteness — pleaseDiversity1 min readDiversity1 min read
May 23, 2022Both my parents are ArtistAlthough my father passed, his artistry is alive within me in the very essence of my DNA my mothers artistry, filled in the gaps — closed the spaces one by one by one — existing within the limitations of Marginalization Having a FAMILY of artist — reinforces those stitches CREATING ON THROUGH the limitations of marginalization Thank you mom and dad Dianna aka MistyDew Artist Floyd Sapp aka Odum yesWriting Life1 min readWriting Life1 min read
May 23, 2022These Africans don’t need SavingSave the Africans, The Africans don’t need savin’ It is you who needs a fix’ It is you that is the incomplete protein Yes attach your life — , your self worth to the framework that says they do — yes all the time a frame work designed to ease the pain between the words US and Them that is the framework at work.. for the…Writers On Writing1 min readWriters On Writing1 min read
May 21, 2022My New York City EyesDrunk Ass’ Blackman must be homeless in the motherland Drunk Ass’ Blackman Passed out on the side of the road — in the motherland a familiar scene in NYC He must be homeless — valueless it must be true. Poor dude. Says my New York City eyes the greatest deceivers …Framework2 min readFramework2 min read
Mar 31, 2022What do you know about Black boy feelings?A few days ago — I received one of the most condescending emails from one of my sons teachers, yet I know this game very very well — yes, before BLACK LIVES MATTER — black parents — diligently advocated for their black children — in white liberal spaces — while…Parenting5 min readParenting5 min read
