give me your heart lover, that I might paint it with roses
when the string of love binds you to me
give me your wrists lover, that I might hold them with frankincense
when the string of love ties us forever
give me your body lover that I might own it in eternity
My life partner for the last 15 years, Al Schackman was Nina Simone’s Music Director, guitarist, and one of her closest allies and friends for 46 years. It was a complex relationship with many ups and downs mostly due to Nina’s emotional condition but through the years when people would take him aside and question “why do …
There is a saying that every sibling has a different 'mother'. Some are biological, some are not. Some are with us, some have departed this earth. Yet, most often the memories of our mothers can be evoked in a moment, by our most primeval sense…our sense of smell. Author Daphne Du Maurier wrote,"If only there could be an …
