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I play outdoor basketball everyday the whether seems reasonable. That means anything above 48° F with enough sun radiating to warm any exposed skin. Basketball really is life in my world. I purchased a new gimbal for my camera (DJI Ronin RS 2) and wanted […]

My usual dance partner in the era of high-energy, Hip-Hop dance (think Kid-n-Play, Scoob & Scrap Lover) was Andre Perry. On this day, he had some kind of indoor track event, so I had to do this with the homie Shawn Mooney. He often added some […]

I joined Facebook in 2008 and had no idea exactly how I should use it. I didn’t get comfortable with it until 2009 and I would post everything. I think all old-heads go through this phase, posting plates of food, when they woke up, weather […]

We were approached by the NEA to do an informational video around a concept that there are many players in the realm of public education that can contribute to make things work – the idea of Bargaining for the Common Good. They had produced a […]

We’ve done a lot of bike riding during this pandemic (it’s still not over at the time of this posting). We’d ride through the city, averaging at least 13 miles every time we rode. We’d also do the trails around Maryland as well, sometimes going […]

I just shot Excel doing a monologue from the popular August Wilson play Fences using my Blackmagic Pocket camera (shoulder mount). This monologue was an attempt to extend and display the range of Excel’s acting skills for his Backstage profile. The scene shows the character […]

The struggle most of us face during this pandemic is losing the freedom to be anywhere other than one’s home (if one is fortunate to have one). We are a family that is more often everywhere else except home, so we struggle to sit still […]

We had the extreme pleasure of being able to sit and watch a The Joy Reid Show in Washington, DC at the WRC-TV studio thanks to a kind gesture from our friend, Big Chess (Chester Reis). While I appreciate the wit and skill of Joy, […]

‘Twas winter 2018 and my friend and creative collaborator Baye Harrell came to me with an idea (over the phone because he was living in LA). It was actual several ideas, for a music video associated with a new solo music project through his new […]

It’s been nine years since I released Close Ties: Tying on a New Tradition and just this year one half of the duo profiled in the doc, Wilbur “Chill” Wilson has passed away from pancreatic cancer. He wasn’t given much time to live by the […]