It’s not about the followers, it’s about the readers — So my following average has dropped a bit. In the first couple of weeks, I was getting 100 followers a week, now that number is 100 every couple of weeks or so. Now when it comes to getting paid by Medium, I am most gratefully happy. Unfortunately, I cannot tell…

How to Start a Nice Conversation — Date Conversation Starters 1. What is the one thing you would change about yourself if you had the power to do so? 2. If you were able to change any one thing about me, what would it be? 3. What, more than anything else, makes you feel loved? 4. What is your idea…

AND IT WAS GORGEOUS! — I just arrived in Florida a year ago from the west coast. For years I have watched these hurricanes do their duty, messing up sh** everywhere they traveled. We got to experience hurricane Ian, and it was the most beautiful natural event I have ever experienced. This even beats seeing…

But they welcome you! — Up last night (of course) and thought about the Disneyland haunted mansion came up. First off, it’s a plantation house. You step into the stretching room, then a plantation owner hangs himself because of his guilty conscious (or because the slaves were freed) Now the journey begins through the graveyard…

The Oregon Trail Series #1 — Back in 2003 (my, such a long time ago), I moved my family to Joseph, Oregon. My wife and I had been together for 10 years in San Diego, and we wanted to move to another realm and get a new start with our new family. Later in this series…

After Medium readers demand, here is my take on the 3 entities of the Black being — The only way you can be defined as a “Black” person is if you act accordingly to the stereotype of what a “Black” person is. And that definition is usually by the standards of “White” people and other cultures. ~ Lwazi The Afro-American Being Around the world, the Afro-American is loved-and he/she is…

If you are a nice Black man, then you are a Coon — A coon? Is this not one of the most notorious words used by slave masters long ago? Or have those slave masters been reincarnated as hateful ni**as? ~ Lwazi Black folks seem to be up in arms about my “Black Nazis” story the other day. Why, because in the past…

My wife said she was lucky that chick didn’t have a gun — WARNING: I’m talking about Black people who are racist (Black Nazis) Okay, we at it again, driving through Georgia last week on our way back from South Carolina. This time the event happened at the KFC drive-thru. Some of you remember my story: “According To Georgia, Me And My Wife…