Son-shine on Your Shoulders

Good Son-Day on a Monday!!! Melodies of MLK Jr. Day Storm Chaser Over the weekend, I had two opportunities to celebrate the MLK Jr holiday.  It started on Sunday.  At halftime of the, currently in first place, Timberwolves game, I was able to capture footage of the “Sounds of Blackness”.  Today, I joined nearly 3,000 people at the 34th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast at the Minneapolis Convention Center.  The speakers and entertainers at both events were spectacular. I find it very satisfying that our country has a holiday that honors a reverend.  He is most noted for non-violent approach to gaining equity and peace in our still divided country.   Dr. Martin would go places storming with violence and hate.  Each one of his demonstrations easily put his and his followers' lives on the line for the sake of peace.  I would say he did so fearlessly, but let’s be real, we have all seen the footage of the intense hate that included the fire hos...

GOOD SON-DAY!!! NYC MINUTE: LIGHTS ON BROADWAY     Black History Month FACTOID: MLK Jr is the only American pastor to receive the Nobel Peace Prize . . . “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word”.    Martin Luther King, Jr. “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God”.                                                   Jesus Christ   Matthew 5:9 Thus, MLK Jr = Child of God.   He sought peace and harmony, not divisiveness.   EMBRACE AND CELEBRATE: HARMONY AND FORGIVENESS Jo and I crossed Manhattan off our bucket list.   We are thinking maybe Paris wi...

Good Son-Day!!! Fostering Fun with Fam & Friends To honor BHM, Jo decided to bring the Afro black Happy Birthday BJ!!!! A shout out to my love ones who are miracles in remission.   BHM Factoid A 12-year-old Martin jumped from a second story window at his family home, allegedly attempting suicide.  Throughout his life he suffered from depression.  Some of it stemming from the harsh life in the south.   EMBRACE AND CELEBRATE: OUR HERITAGE TO LOVE AND PREVAIL IN A CLIMATE OF HATE. I have a great appreciation of the history of people with a enslaved ancestry.  The continual pursuit of equity, humanity, and democracy has exacted a excruciatingly painful price from an extraordinary tribe.  The approach to achieving equal footing has been multiple marches on DC in various forms that bolstered democracy rather than put in peril with lunacy, lies, and hostility. The noble tribe has every right to harbor animosity for what has occurred over 40...