I can’t write, not clearly or coherently, about my own feelings on this matter. So I’m going to share this young woman since she hits many of the points I would make.
I do tell my kids to please not piss off the police. Texas can be a shoot first, ask questions later sort of place, and the venom I see spewing on local web sites and social media is a constant reminder that color does matter and that racial prejudice is very much a part of everyday life in America.
I seem to be in a musical place today
Nothing is for free.
Way back when, I had a crush on the Wilson sisters. I’m pretty sure I wasn’t alone.
I used to scribble this on my book covers in school:
Whatcha gonna do when everybody’s insane?
LOL, little did I know that almost 40 years later I would be the crazy one, while everyone else is relatively normal. I also had no idea what a pain in the ass body hair would be, but that may be a different thing altogether.
Ah, to be young and stupid again, and not know what lay in store.
(still? Dem shoes!)
I had this one on a 45. You may have to go ask your parents what that means:
I think I still have the albums (your parents remember)
Okay, last one:
(yes, things were really that blurry back in 1976. Things didn’t get focused for quite a while)
Never realize the way love dies when you crucify its soul