mule of the world

Issues


  • Ode to Coffee

    You are an acquired taste Which came later for me. A quiet cup with today’s news Or during a frenzied drive into work- You give me what I crave. Oh how I missed you during my maternal hiatus! Whether dolled up for the holidays Or brewed Plain and simple You are my, um…second favorite Morning…

  • Ode to the Single Mother

    One does not aspire to be a single mother. As a young girl, I did not look into the mirror and long to follow in my mother’s footsteps. In fact, I was hopeful that I would raise my children in a household with two, loving parents. But in the absence of that picture, what can…

  • Where is Black Love?

    A couple of weeks ago, I was listening to a commentary by Jeff Johnson and he shared a conversation with a woman who said that she had given up on Black men and did not know what she would/should tell her two-year old daughter… As he went on to give his “Truth,” I was saddened…

  • Let Me See Your Papers

    Arizona’s recent law got people fired up again about immigration and I am hopeful, have made some people begin to pay attention. I was moved when I first heard a clip of the seven-year-old telling FLOTUS that her mommy didn’t have any papers…now people are saying that it was staged. Understand- when people believe that…