DRAMA

In my book I discuss in the three chapter headings my intrepretation of "Love," "Power" and "Drama." This is Drama! This past week I was exposed to Drama that affected me very personally. I was involved in a automobile accident. Despite the unfortunate situation I was in of being the middle car of a three car crash or the meat in the sandwich, by the grace of God I am fine and the two other drivers involved appeared to be fine as well. It happened on the highway and I was only one exit away from home. The photo's attached are of my car...not good.

After the impact, the driver in front of me got out and came to my car as I was seated. He could of said anything such as "What the $%^& were you doing!" or "You just #$%^*& up my car!" His first question to me was "Are you ok?...Good let's pull over." He then went to the car behind me that started the chain reaction and I believe said the same thing.

His demeanor really helped me to relax. To be honest during and after the impact I went from being scared to being upset. Instead of thinking how fortunate to survive and remain uninjured, I was thinking about my car and what was I going to do. However after the driver asked me if I was ok, I calmed down enough to realize how thankful I should be. I can always get another car, however I only have one body. The driver who approached me was calm under some serious drama and it turned out to be a great learning experience for me. This man had the ability to be calm under pressure and had the forthright to be concerned about others. So to him I say..."Yes, I am fine."

Next Book Signing

My next book signing is at the Four Points by Sheraton located at 1603 Powell St. in Emeryville, CA on December 6, 2008. I will be a part of a Pre-Holiday Shopping Extravaganza taking place at the Sheraton between 11am-6pm. There will be vendors and patrons from all over the San Francisco Bay Area who will participate in this venue and start their shopping during the holiday season.

So if you are in the area, stop by and say hi. Mention you saw the ad on this website and receive 10% off of your order of my book "Verbal Abstractions." I will also have our book markers, that display a beautiful backdrop to my poems in addition to keeping your place with your favorite read. Also for sale are the attractive gift baskets similar to the ones at my last book signing. The baskets we are providing will have a holiday theme and will include a copy of my book. Remember 10% of all purchases if you mention this website. See you there!

I can't adequately describe tonight!

Book Signing - National Council of Negro Women

This past Saturday I had the pleasure of attending as a vendor the San Francisco Bay Area's National Council of Negro Women annual fashion show in Oakland. It was a great event and I had an opportunity to meet other vendors as well as enjoy the event and fashion show. As a vendor I had a table set up to display Verbal Abstractions and introduce items such as book markers and gift baskets. Contact me at nubian.sage@yahoo.com for more information about the book markers and gift baskets. They will be available soon online. Getting there was a trip. We had a small rain storm and as typical California's who notoriously can't drive well in bad weather, there were plenty of traffic jams due to accidents. We were even stuck in a tunnel and due to a car that caught on fire. It's not good smelling smoke inside a tunnel, people were trying to back up. But by the grace of God we made it unscathed. I had the fortunate opportunity to autograph the books.

Obama Wins (unofficial poll)

Based on the unofficial nubiansage.com tally for your selection for President of the United States, Obama was the pick by a whopping vote of 6-1 for President of the United States. Hopefully the turnout on election day will be bigger than this. As for me, I am very cautious despite the fact that he has a lead in the polls. Based on what happened in 2000 and even 2004 I am waiting until election night. Trust me I will be wide awake that night.

Over the last few months I have asked my older relatives did they ever think they will see the day an Black/African American (or half-white as a White associate jokingly reminds me) would have the opportunity to run for President. Everyone I asked said "No." All of them have been glued to the news over the past year. Though in my life I have seen some challenges when it came to my ethnicity, however those experiences paled in comparison to my elders. I also think about my younger cousins, for as they grow the possibility of a Black President will not be too big of a deal. As we move forward to closing the gap on race in this country I consider this a good thing. Stay tuned!