Women … CHOOSE!!!
“Shit…what time is it”?! Protein! she needs some protein today. Do we have…..sausages???? YES!!! Sausages for breakfast. …
Rocket Showers….
But I cannot hold my breath forever, I must release this already-gone moment before I pass with it unto the [...]
Oxytocysin or Oxycontin
OXYTOCYSIN OR OXYCOTIN I was sitting in my therapist’s office yesterday trying to list the reasons I have been feeling [...]
Wildflowers
Teach Your Children To Pick Wildflowers. One of the sweetest moments of motherhood is receiving a flower from my daughter. [...]
Desert Road
There is a great beauty hidden in the desert that is slowly revealing itself to me. I’m an island girl. [...]
Black Pussy Matters
My pussy did not wake up last Saturday morning, put on a pointy pink pussy hat, jump on a train [...]
Thank You
Thank you for all for your kind words of sympathy in the wake of my Aunt Pat’s passing. You have touched [...]
“De Sea Don’t Have No Branch”
“Dust to dust…. Ashes to ashes….. We return unto thee oh Lord the body of our sister, our teacher, our [...]
Twas the Week Before Christmas
Twas the Week before Christmas and all through my house, Half the gifts aren’t delivered still at the warehouse. The [...]
Giving Thanks
When my daughter was three and it was time to teach her to pray, I reached back to my own [...]
Continued Crossroads
A week after the election…
Crossroads
WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAKE THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!! Sweet Jesus! Look what we have Spawned!!!!! The PEOPLE have Spoken….and We [...]
Time and Breath
A few days ago at work, a lovely young woman came up to me and demurely asked, “Miss Toussaint, what [...]
Moving
One deep breath……….. away from tears. I feel it deep down in my belly, the aching, bilious retching of release [...]
I Miss My Friend
I miss my friend. As my brain struggles with not struggling against the reality that my friend is dead…that he [...]
Sacred Appointments
There are no accidents in life or in death. I rose to muffled voices in the next room. Still tired [...]
Men
I am 56 years old, been married once (maybe twice), and will probably attempt it, well… thrice. Being single for [...]
Home
The water balloon of emotions in my gut, bloated with sadness and grief and an odd numbing exhaustion, may be [...]
Go to the Water
When Sam and I lived in New York City last year we fell in love with that city. For her, [...]
Ferry Crossing
Recuerdo by: Edna St. Vincent Millay We were very tired, we were very merry- We had gone back and forth [...]
Butterflies and Chimes….
In the course of a life, there are soul encounters so quietly profound they defy denial. I stand in awe [...]
Lovely Anger
With both parents now deceased, my aged Aunt Pat is the only living relative left on my mother’s side. As [...]
Truth or…..do you Dare???
The older I get the more I revere kindness. It is the quality I look for in all personal interactions. [...]
Live It Out LOUD!!!!!
I went to the Essence Women in Hollywood Luncheon yesterday where Tracee Ross _who is a comedic goddess in my [...]
Pleasure Yourself
The Greeks call it Eros, from whence we derive the word ‘erotic.’ This is the passionate, physical, sensual, consensual, hot [...]