Skyeview

I am looking forward to a week of exploration and discovery in this new travel destination for me.  Stay tuned.

J’adore Paris and how she makes me feel! Testify Sometimes you won’t understand why life is the way it is Things don’t always go the way you plan them But I believe god in time is anonymous and in through time god reveals all things You gotta be still, stand and lovin’ Pay attention I […]

The One (photograph) That Got Away I regret not being able to take the photograph of an Air France Bombay airport employee I met for the first time in 2006 and again on this trip. As I was moving through the departure gate for my Paris flight I heard a male voice behind me say, […]

Sadly two bystanders were killed in the riot and there has been a mass exodus of over 10,000 North Indian migrant workers attempting to avoid the violence. It’s all political muckary and foolishiness. Westerners might be confounded by how Indians accept these types of events as being typical of the political environment and if possible won’t […]

It Isn’t Bollywood But It Sure Is Drama! On the eve of my departure from New Delhi to Pune via Mumbai (Bombay) I received this rather alarming email message informing me of the unrest in my next two destinations. The flight to Mumbai didn’t concern me so much as the 4-hour coach ride onward to […]

“Very Welcome Delhi” I arrived in New Delhi during Basant Panchami the puja and festival time honoring the Hindu deity Saraswati. In the sacred text of the Rig Veda she represents a river and the deity presiding over it. Saraswati is also identified with Vaach (speech), perfect speech that denotes intelligence. An apropos greetings being […]

My introduction to French feminist writers in the mid-1980s began as a personal search for alternative feminist perspectives to white American feminist writing. Interestingly, my quest led me to the metaphorical kitchen table of women of color feminist discourse and activism. This eventually led to my initiation into Black lesbian feminist activism. The seemingly outrageousness […]

Being visible is about letting others see us. It is also about seeing ourselves, being aware of our strength and using it. We don’t have to ask for the right to exist if we are already here! We are what we show ourselves to be, alone or in a couple, in private places or public […]

This evening I treated myself to a scrumptious dinner at a restaurant I discovered yesterday, and will surely return to before I depart Trondheim on Sunday. As I waited for my meal I browsed the newspaper stack in the foyer hoping to find an English language paper. My eyes caught sight of a familiar name […]

Trondheim is a lovely 1,010 year old large village-small city with fjords, lakes and river flowing through town. This place gives new and positive meaning to the phrase “getting medieval”. The tallest building and centerpiece of the village is Nidaros Cathedral. My first impressions are numerous and very favorable. Here are two snap shots I […]