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Rifling Through the Music Attic: Glamour Girl Sue
Today I was excited to see my friend Daniel, who lives in Washington D.C., for many reasons, but the over arching one was to see his face when I played him Madd’s “Maddy Maddy Patrol.” (listen via link below). D. was raised in Dominica (not to confused with the Dominican Republic) but moved to Brooklyn [...]
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My journey to Barbados, which draped itself over most of last week and the beginning of this one, was a thought-provoking, eye-opening sojourn for me. My beloved Auntie M. was still as loving and funny as ever, and forgave me the lack of communication that is too complex and frankly, personal, to explain in any [...]
Read morePunctures in Time
I woke up this morning to a rooster crowing at 5.30 am. I was semi-awake already, but the cock-a-doodle-doo was discombobulating. I had to remind myself of where I was, something that had already happened at 3 a.m. when I’d shot up out of the bed, completely lost. I stared around the guest room, and seriously, [...]
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