Some of my favorite things

• Black people graduating from high school and college.
• Black couples holding hands.
• Black men loving their women.
• Black fathers playing with their kids.
• An hourglass shape
• The sound of kids laughing
• A call in the middle of the night from her, telling me she's got a taste for one of my cakes
• Books of  poetry by June Jordan,Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, Haki Madhubuti, e.e. cummings
• The Bible
• My Motorola Xoom 4G lte tablet
• My Iphone
• Blue skies and the sun on my face
• Pics of me holding my nephew when he was first born
• A kiss on the back of my neck
• A fridge and kitchen cabinets stocked with food and ingredients for my cakes and other foods.
• Black fathers spending time with their sons ( I can't say that enough).
• Watching people enjoy what I've baked or cooked.
• Halle Berry's face
• Pics of me holding my son when he was first born
• When any black person from my job that I have never seen before, acknowledges me and nods hello
• Any music by Miles Davis, Prince, John Coltrane & Igor Stravinsky.
• A nice well-fitted Alexander McQueen suit, white shirt, matching ties, shoes and fedora.
• Summerfest
• The African American, Arab,  Persian an ethnic and Gospel festivals on the Summerfest grounds
• Classy women.