Clarisse:
thanks for the visit. i'll be back here a lot! i added you to my list. have a wonderful wonderful day!
Clarisse:
Hi there! Just walking around the neighborhood and checking out my neighbors' blogs! I'm liking it here. You are welcome to mine...swing by for a cup of coffee ...a link-up and a little chat...anytime
This is an email I sent to my author’s list but felt it was worthwhile to post. Any way you can help out, please do. Help a family discover the joy of reading for the...
This is a very important date for me.Nine years ago, I received a letter from the school district I used to work in informing me that I couldn’t teach anymore due to not...
Hello everyone,Thank you for your interest in the 2009 L.A. Black Book Expo. (LABBX) At this time we're looking to hold our event next summer with the date not announced as of...
By now I just finished a long day as I’m hopeful most of you have by eating a lot of turkey, stuffing and belt busting desert. Whether you filled your tummy or not, there is a...
I wrote this back in high school for the campus newspaper. I was the sports editor at the time so I could write about anything I wanted. Looking back on it, this wasn't bad for...
One of the causes that hold us back is due to a lack of self-esteem. It robs us from achieving our dreams, hopes and accomplishing our personal goals. Trust me, I know how it...
One of my cousins once said to me that women always like a man who’s on the move. Well, maybe I took her advice a bit too seriously because in the past three years, I’ve...
A bit of personal news, since I haven’t done this in awhile…. In the past I’ve might have mentioned that I needed to lose weight based on the orders of my doctor....
Before blogs existed, I kept a journal in a notebook for the longest time when I wasn’t working on writing poems or a new story. Having a journal was a good way to see what I...
Lois Medlock passed away on Halloween night at the age of 82. She was an activist who fought to keep her area preserve a healthy way of life for all its residents. She was a...
To dream the impossible dreamTo fight the unbeatable foeTo bear with unbearable sorrowTo run where the brave dare not go To right the unrightable wrongTo love...
Tonight I witnessed something unbelievable. There was a large crowd in Grant Park in Chicago. Usually reserved for the Chicago Bulls whenever they win championships, I didn’t...
Well, in a few hours we’ll find out whether we’ll have the first black president in American history (so we think J) or we’ll have the oldest plus we’ll have the first...
Note: This is an article I wrote for my church newsletter years ago. “….for God see not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the...
So much to talk about, so much has been happening but let’s get to the obvious: The 2008 Presidential election ends in about a week although most political sites...
Coming up on the next episode of Mixed Matters....... Mixed Matters goes on the road again to cover the recent African Marketplace in Los Angeles. Host Charles Chatmon...
My best friend and I would joke during a game about ‘the turning point’, the moment in the contest where either the point guard makes a turnover, the quarterback throws an...
Guess what? I’m an entrepreneur now! Check out the following: I have some good news for you. My audio collection, From A Man’s Heart is now available on...
Well one thing I know for sure, win or lose this election season, Barack Obama has already achieved what many thought impossible. Not only is he a role model to a lot of young...
Note: The following is from a column published in the Los Angeles Watts Times in October 2004. Based on this past weekend, I felt this was an appropriate time to repost it here....
For the longest time, I didn’t own a cell phone. Maybe I was too naïve or too ignorant but now that it’s been seven years and counting, I finally learned it pays to have...
Just so we know Hello,This is Charles L. Chatmon, author of The Depths of My Soul and The Voices of South Central. Years ago, under my AOL screen name of CChat66, I...
"Struggle I must, my inner suffering is life for my inner pain gives me enough strength to write." -The Depths of My Soul, 'I Am The Observer, a Lonely Soul Am I' ...
When you hear change is something we can believe in, I’m sold. Not merely because of the person behind the slogan but of what’s been going on in my life for the past few...
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