Soul Train Music Awards...

Tear it up Chillun!  I was blessed to have existed on the bridge of Erykah Badu and Gladys Knight -- and for that, I'm so very grateful:



Erykah and India -- what more can Black folk want??!!  Okay, Teddy Riley was, and is -- the SHIT!

Talked to the husband, who's out of the country for work, and he said "How old are we Deb, that the guy who gets a "Legend Award" -- is somebody whose music we loved and danced to??!!   Then he started singing "Let's Chill, let's settle down..."!!  All I could say was, "No shit!" as the tears streamed down my face.  I've never loved him more...

Bruised but not broken...

The 32nd anniversary was 11/28/12.  Different...

Thought about Joss Stone though.  Looked for her on YouTube -- wasn't disappointed:



(Okay, you got me.  I can abide some "blue-eyed" Soul -- but not much.  Next to the now-dead, Teena Marie, Joss is pretty much it.)

Then, I thought of my young Sister, India...



...and it was good.