THOUGHTS ABOUT MY IDENTITY

THOUGHTS ABOUT MY IDENTITY – and a few related assumptions The internet has made it possible for me to explore a subject in minutes where it once took hours at a library. I experience the internet as a market place for resources, ideas, assumptions, and beliefs. What makes it exciting for me is that everyone can bring to market whatever they want to sell or exchange. I can buy or accept whatever I want or leave the marketplace doing neither. I sell books in the market, others sell religion, others personal development, still others human origin, and others… Today there are many sellers of what black people are and are not – some sellers are scholars, more are sellers with assumptions. Here, I share thoughts about my identity. I don’t believe in a God or Gods or the story or stories of creation. Evolution seems, at least, plausible to me. I don’t believe humans began with one man and one woman – nothing else in life on earth or in the heavens supports that notion. I consider myself a highbred: a black man whose primary ancestral root is Africa. My African root is evident by physical and cultural similarities, and choice. I am an American; this is evident by my presence here and that of known relatives in memory. So, I am a black man; I am an African American or African-highbred. I am because I exist. BOOKS /ACTING CREDITS ON MY WEB SITE – please share http://www.adolphusward.net

THOUGHTS ABOUT BOOKS

THOUGHTS ABOUT BOOKS LEIMERT PARK VILLAGE BOOKFAIR is tomorrow, Saturday August 20th at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. Teachers, students, and readers in search of good books, this bookfair is where you will find them. Even if you don’t read a lot, come to the fair. My stories with be there. MY TRILOGY BOOK TRAILER – historical black family fiction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCxMdAa3JqU

THOUGHTS ON MY AUDIO BOOK - ONE FLAWED

THOUGHTS ON MY AUDIO BOOKS – one book flawed; please share The last of my three audio books had sound editing problems and couldn’t be published. That means I’ll have to do it again – the recording and editing. Although making mistakes still irritates me, my irritation is much less than it was when I was younger. I’ve come to know that mistakes are a part of doing any task – especially while I’m learning to do the task. Even when I know what to do I have to continually guard against mistakes. In deciding to do my own audio books I knew new skills had to be learned; and I knew it would be a challenge. As an actor I had long ago developed professional vocal skills to do the audio; I have now developed the basic skills for recording and editing – please note I said basic. I will let you know when my third audio book is published. Go to the site below and sample audio from two of my novels. LISTEN TO SAMPLES OF MY BOOKS ON AUDIBLE – please share http://www.audible.com/search?advsearchKeywords=Adolphus+A+Ward&searchNarrator=&searchProvider=&field_subjectbin=&field_content_type-bin=&field_format-bin=&field_publication_date=&field_runtime=&field_language=9178177011&x=39&y=11

THOUGHTS ON LOVE AND LIFE

THOUGHTS ON LOVE AND LIFE I have a daily routine of reading from several books and magazines soon as I wash the sleep from my eyes. I’ve put together my own set of calisthenics that includes pushups, chin-ups, knee bends, and deep breathing; this is the second activity in my routine. Then to my breakfast of oatmeal, with fruit and nuts, and of course, a double shot espresso. As a writer and actor my brain is always working in one or both areas – I love what I do; that’s probably because I love life: all of it, the stuff that hurts as well as the stuff that heals. I’ve lived long enough to know that both are a part of life and that one could not exist without the other. I’ve lived long enough to know it’s to my benefit to love and respect all life; and that includes my fellow human beings. I make an extra effort to maintain love and respect for those who act to harm me or take my life. Remember that I love life, and is out of that love that I will act to prevent a fellow human from harming me or mine; and I will kill a fellow human who acts to kill me or mine. http://www.adolphusward.net http://www.amazon.com/Adolphus-A.-Ward/e/B00OSDSSRC