Sunday, December 22, 2013

ADOLPHUS WITH REFLECTION

WEEKEND YEAR END REFLECTION Just sharing a little of me. I’ve made it a habit to use Sundays as a day to reflect on my past week – what I planned to do, what I did, and the difference. Now with the yearend in sight I’m doing the same thing for 2013. A number of years ago I decided to become a professional writer and actor – meaning, some part of my income would be made from those efforts: I’ve had some success in both. I was recently in a play at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, CA – Sheldon Epps directing an exceptional group of actors and support staff. The play was “Twelve Angry Men.” Now my thoughts are toward publishing the 2nd Edition of my 3 novels. March-April 2014 will find me with beautiful new books. “Harvest The Dust” is the first of my Family-Fiction trilogy – it is set in 1934-35 and examines how the Great Depression influenced the lives in this family. “Milk The Iron Cow” is the second – it is set in 1941 and examines how World War II influenced the lives in this family. “Stand Upside Down” is the third – it is set in 1984 and examines how the challenge to Affirmative Action threatened to stop the progress of black people in employment. At 78 and single I think life is great – it beats the fuck out of dead.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

NELSON MANDELA

NELSON MANDELA The light of his flesh is out, but the light of his life still illuminates the way to a better humanity.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

PASADENA PLAYHOUSE'S PRODUCTION TO BE USED AS DIVERSITY TOOL

THE PLAY 12 ANGRY MEN A DIVERSITY TOOL Pasadena Playhouse’s – Sheldon Epps Vision – version of the play could be used as a tool to open and focus the concept of “Diversity” in Education, Business, and Government. Young black and white actors, with a cautious regard for class, gender and gender preference, could be immersed in the Playhouse Version and set out to help meet the challenges of diversity in institutions throughout our pace-setter state of California, and the rest of our beautiful country. I encourage Schools and Theatres that have as their mission to train young actors as change-agents to add this suggestion to their agendas. In a country, a world, that’s growing ever-more complex, as we are forced by choice and circumstance to sit at the same table of necessities, a tool that could enable us to deal with inevitable change is an absolute necessity.