Phenomenal Woman

We lost Maya Angelou today and I must admit that I'm feeling quite heartbroken.  Here, a collection of some of my favourite things Dr. Angelou.

This is my favourite picture of Maya.  I love seeing her in this time of her life, the middle years...and working.

Maya and James Baldwin

During her travels abroad, Maya befriended Malcolm when he visited Ghana in May 1964. The two wrote to each other frequently upon his return to the United States. She returned to the US after his Assassination to assist with moving the OAAU forward. 

I really feel the love in these pictures...

A short clip of Maya reading from "Phenomenal Woman"

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Paul Simms is a very funny man.

Today, while on my lunch break, I almost choked on my Booster Juice Citrus Splash Smoothee with blueberries instead of bananas and an energy booster of ginsing and bee pollen because Paul Simms is a very funny man. Simms started out writing for David Letterman, was later on the staff of the Larry Sanders Show and then created News Radio. This week, he's written the "Shouts and Murmurs" piece in the New Yorker. It's called Four Short Crushes. Please do not read it if you are ingesting food or drink of any kind. Don't say I didn't warn you.