Happenings

TAYLOR JAY OF TAYLOR JAY COLLECTION

I can’t remember when I first met Taylor Jay, the designer and founder of Taylor Jay Collection. Like many people in the overlapping circles of the African American community in the Bay Area, Taylor is someone that everyone knows of, even if they don’t know her personally.

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH

My dad died on December 17, 2019. Like a quilt, quotidian memories of him are fragmented and discrete, with each remembrance resting...

MAKING TIME FOR THE RANDOM

So… here we are in January once again!Each time a new year begins, I, like most people, find myself filled with lots of energy, optimism and plans. It is bolstered, I think, by the time...

THE YEAR’S CLOSE

Halfway through December, I am once again mystified as to how it arrived so quickly. Each passing year seems to trim days into hours, and leaves me scrambling to finish an ever-lengthening list of goals...