FIGHTING #INAUGURATION BLUES

It’s been a rough couple of months, but yesterday I felt hope for our country for the first time since November 8. I marched with more than 14,000 others in Florida’s capital city, Tallahassee. I borrowed an idea from my cousin who attended the Women’s March in Washington. She wore the pink hats and attached

I LOVE MY COUNTRY BUT I CRY FOR IT TODAY

I’m not living lightly right now, at least not when it comes to politics and the state of our union. I’m scared. And for the first time that I can remember, I will not watch the inauguration of the new president. Others who have suggested the same thing or who have declined to attend the

#Maya Angelou – Aspire to her Greatness

We lost a great one yesterday with the passing of Maya Angelou. But thank goodness she passed through this life and graced us with her presence. I loved turning my students onto the poetry of Ms. Angelou. When she was called upon to write and recite a poem for Bill Clinton’s first inauguration in 1993,