Perspective

Thanks for Listening: Life Directions

  Back in the Day… Starting in life, I began to formulate how I would impact my world and eventually the world at large. When I was three or four years old, my parents opened a juke joint named “The Dew Drop Inn.” And my aunt and uncle,…

When The Direction is STOP

    “I know how to go, go, go. Stopping, I’ve learned, is the stuff of mastery.”  — Danielle LaPorte Sometimes you find yourself at an impasse, pondering which direction to pursue. Of course, there are many directions, Up, Down, Sideways, North, South, East, West, Left, Right, each with its…

Follow the Directions

  At some time in our lives, most of us have come to a fork in the road and needed to decide what direction we should take. If only we had a GPS to guide us, or even an old-fashioned Road Atlas or one of those maps we…

Insightful Aging 

  Susan Peters, ” living a vigorously physical and intellectual life…” “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced” James Baldwin. I am in my seventh decade. A former runner, my sprint through life, along with that of other…

Thanks for Listening: About Life Insurance…

What is the best thing that I have learned over my76 years that can help us move toward financial equality? PROPER USE OF LIFE INSURANCE My Non-Professional Advice: As near as possible to the age of responsibility, 18, buy as much quality-level term life insurance as you can….

Insight on Education

In March 2020, school systems were ill-prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic’s mandates for masks, online learning, and closure… especially schools serving high numbers of children receiving free and reduced lunch and Title I services. Title I services include but are not limited to literacy programs to ensure children…