Trippy Golden Hour

My boy and one of his besties, Phoenix

we need a writer for Aretha's Lady Soul, due at the end of september. dm or email at thers500 at gmail

"... A cigarette pack/ in the shirt pocket justifies the break./ Lefty loosey, righty tighty. Round hole,/ square peg. I quit."—#poem by Sebastian Matthews zps.la/34AG2S5

Hello World. I know you're going crazy. The sky is falling. Etc. But I am jumping back on this wild ride and adding my voice to the cacophony!

Corvid-19

President Trump today at the White House said to me: “Be nice. Don't be threatening.” I’m not the first human being, woman, black person or journalist to be told that while doing a job. My take: Be steady. Stay focused. Remember your purpose. And, always press forward.

Surveillance tale: My son, home from college, tells me that he was humming the Chaconne from Bach Partita #2 yesterday—and the next time he went to YouTube, it was his top recommended track. Yes, his phone was near when he hummed. No, he'd never listened to that work on YouTube.

Check out the new episode of Jazz on a Summer's Day

Hey nineteen!

Issue 16 is a favorite at TC. To relive it, check out this exclusive poetry recording of Sebastian Matthews's Issue 16 piece, "Invisible." thecommononline.org/invisible

Time to pull out this old standby #zombies

Arrived!

It’s mom is so proud!

I just joined the Racial Justice Coalition Advocacy Team. This team advocates for antiracist policy change in Asheville and Buncombe County by calling policymakers to urge them toward equity, then recruiting other people to join our efforts to do likewise: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-up-…

I'm about that too-many-open-tabs life.