Born in 1979 in Pasadena, California; I’m an 80′s baby.

i was raised in a single parent home by a magnificent woman.   it’s actually an interesting situation because both of my parents were in my life – i love them and they both contributed to who i am today, but they were in my life in different ways.  my mother raised me and created the solid foundation from which i’ve developed my beliefs, morals , values, strengths, style, eagerness to learn, creativity, love of travel, desire to succeed, willingness to help and if i try to list out everything she’s done for me i’d probably be here all week…  it goes without saying that she means the world to me.  above everyone else that there has ever been in my life, my mother was my support center, my teacher, my coach, my inspiration and my best friend.  i say ‘was’ because she passed away when i was 15.   a really long and drawn out story that saw an amazing single mother finally find a husband and finally enjoy the comfort of being in a situation she believed in, only to lose her life days after the birth of her second child.  the pain was immense,  i mean this was a tragedy in every sense of the word.   in all honesty, the full weight of her loss is strikingly evident in each and every corner of my  family.  to this very day even.  but in the end, what i pulled from her in my youth has made me into what i am today and that’s a blessing that i will never take for granted.

so a big piece of the ‘about’ puzzle is that i (the author of this blog) am this woman’s 1st born.  i could elaborate on everything and everyone that has crafted the stories you’ll soon read.  but i won’t at this point.  those facts i’ll leave for you to piece together.  and hopefully all of this will give you a broader understanding as to who’s behind the wordplay and where some of this may be coming from.  the details are here. a thirty-one year old african american male  that loves to write,  hates to read (which hardly makes sense).  a photographer, with interests in technology, cars, bikes, planes, trains, movies, music, food, sports, people, places, things and experiences.  that’s only a quick list of what i’m into.  but this really isn’t about me or my life, this is blog is about ‘life’.

what we love most, is the learning and sharing of cool and interesting things.  through the years we all learn that a lot of the difference between whether your interested or feel a certain way about things in life really comes down to how you’re looking at them at that given moment in time.   more often than not, most people don’t take the time to see things for what they are really worth.  thats a real problem in our world and something that needs to be brought to light.  in this blog, you’ll find things that you may have never thought to notice, or see something that you may have never thought to look for.  not like a hidden treasure (unless there is one to be had!) or a focused quest to find something in particular.  this is going be more like everyday stories from everywhere that can help illustrate the importance of learning or better yet the importance of ‘living’.   to show a little bit more of what it means to have friends in your life; or to show you just how bees make honey.  maybe to breakdown the lyrical prowess of new and old music.  or show the talent and vision of art, or architecture, or fashion.  or why you really should just go on that road trip, or why you should stop arguing with your brother/sister/father/mother/spouse/in-laws/etc.  wordplay is designed to tell stories that each one of us can and should live in one way or another.

Because you really can if you want to.