I have been a poor blogger lately — “poor Ray,” a friend recently said — posting hardly at all. Today … More
Category: Musings
Memorial Day 2015: War and American Freedom
Memorial Day weekend 2015: I keep seeing signs in the community and posts in the social media community thanking those … More
Friendship, birthdays, and brownies
My birthday is tomorrow. This morning I was chatting on an app about it with a friend in India. It … More
A Lot of Gratitude
Brita Adkinson, a Swedish woman and journalist, worked for and with me for several years at New Age Retailer, a … More
Road trip to Jersey
A few Fourth of July notes from today’s road trip to Mount Laurel, New Jersey, from our home in Arden, … More
Try This With a Banana: My Goodbye — in 2006
If it seems like I’ve stopped posting here — it’s been long enough that the WordPress default font for writing … More
A new video … and thoughts about online identity and legacy
A new promotional video for Family Support Network of Western North Carolina and Mission Children’s Hospital featuring my friend Roxann … More
On Blackness and Autism, Identity and Essence
Often I’m asked “What are you?” Racial and ethnic identity inform so much in our culture. The question asked really … More
Accepting Your Beauty: Body Image and Social Media
Rachael Tree Talker wrote this post on her Talk2TheTrees blog a few days ago about body image, self-worth, and personal, … More
Top 13 List: A Baker’s Dozen of 2013 Blog Posts
It has been a great year in the blogosphere, easily setting a record for highest amount of traffic since RayHemachandra.com … More