REFLECTION & REASON

I borrowed Issa Rae's book " The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl " from my friend's 13-year-old daughter, and couldn't help but feel a sense of joy that at such a young age  she would walk away with the gift of knowing that an "Issa Rae" existed .  I knew that at her age--during her first year of high school--or at my age (25 years older), that we could both receive valuable lessons from the writer and creator of the new HBO series " Insecure ." The book is great.  I knew it would be great from the moment I heard about it last year. Let me backtrack, from the moment I heard about Issa Rae herself from  a few friends who insisted that I "HAD TO" check out her work , I knew that I would like this woman. I knew that whatever she had to say was something that I would most likely relate to because I, even at the age of 38, definitely knew that for the majority of my life (and still, currently?)  I was her and she was me: an awkward...

The latest installment in the Gilmore Girls saga, "A Year in the Life" was outstanding. Brilliant, even . I enjoyed every minute of the four-part series. What a great trend we've stumbled upon lately, thanks to our friends at Netflix: revisiting old television shows, bringing beloved characters up to the present time , and completing the circle. Unexpectedly. It's a nice treat. This particular special juuuust came out on November 25, and it definitely didn't disappoint. It was everything a Gilmore Girls fan could want, with all of the eccentric characterizations and Stars Hollowism's that you could dream of. It made me laugh, it almost made me cry (I was close, though!), and it for sure gave me all the warm and wonderful feelings of joy, and great soundtrack music that I came to expect from this program. If you didn't like the show originally, chances are you wouldn't appreciate the additional four episodes that we old school fans ...