AFSCME stands for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
Saving was slow and painful.
Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.
With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.
In the South of long ago whenever a new man appeared for work in any of the laborers gangs, he would be asked if he could sing. If he could he got the job. The singing of these working men set the rhythm for the work.
Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.
Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up within my consciousness as a natural symphony.
My black friends never asked me how much money I made, or what school my children went to, or anything like that. They just said, "Come as you are. "
There is a time for everything - a time for being born and a time for coming of age. There is a time for death, too.
Nearly every lawsuit is an insult to the intelligence of both plaintiff and defendant.
I find Donald Trump so haphazard, and that keeps me up at night.