Knickerbocker Street

For over 15 years, I have gotten my finger and toenails professionally cut and shaped. (And yeah, there have been times afterwards when my eyes said to me, “You call this work professional?”) Being a perfectionist, it was no easy feat (see what I did there?) to trust someone else to do as good a…

Happy New Year! Hope it’s off to a good start for you. If not, don’t fret, there’s still hope… One of the things I look forward to every year is buying a new calendar notebook. I do my best to buy it in December because the dork in me loves the thought of starting January…

* based on a true story My sister, Priscilla and I were at a friend’s house some blocks away from our own. It was getting later and darker and we knew we needed to get going but we waited until the last minute to git. We said goodbye to our friend and when we walked…

(Several years ago, I wrote and shared this little story on Facebook. I love it enough to share it with the rest of the universe through this blog.) This morning I was blowing my nose, dealing with bronchitis when I thought about her… The first Noel I met in my life was when we were…

Part 2of3 STOP, in the name of love! Before you start reading part two, it would behoove you to read part one. We’ll wait for you… The mole on my face started getting picked on, when my family moved from California to Arizona. They don’t call it the Wild West for nothing! It started in…

Part 1of2 I was around six years old, and it was on a Sunday, when I addressed the elephant in the room. Except, it was actually on my face. My mom had finished brushing my hair for evening church service, and I looked back at her dresser’s mirror to see the finished result. First, I…

Several years ago, a coworker who knew I was a Christian, told me that I was more Jewish than she was. Coming from a “sabra” (native born Israeli), sealed the deal for me and I’ve never looked back. Since then, I have told some that I am a Christian, but I have a Jewish heart.…

There wouldn’t be an OPERATION: MOM if there wasn’t an OPERATION: MOOSE. If your mind is drawing a blank at OPERATION: MOOSE, perhaps it’s because you haven’t read the blog before this one titled, The 8-Track. If you haven’t read The 8-Track, please do so before continuing here. I think it will be worth your…

Lord willing, this coming week, my dad and one of my brothers will be flying from Tucson, Arizona to Indiana. While there, they will be killing two birds with one stone. One bird is, the UPCI General Conference. UPCI stands for United Pentecostal Church International. The other bird is my dad will be meeting up…

On the cusp of my 50th birthday, let’s go back to my first year of living among the living… Looks like the most exciting thing that happened during my first year of life was when a young lady from my parents’ church kidnapped me. This young lady asked my mom if she could take care…