Herb and Jamaal by Stephen Bentley for April 27, 2024

Some of us are trying!

Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder did their best.

A lot of us are trying, but we don’t get into the news.

Ebony and Ivory

Ripping off Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder…

Keep on doing your part, Jamaal. That’s all we can do. Love one another. It’s up to us to decide to love eachother. With the piano, the keys are locked into their position. But, we are free to make a choice. Choose love.

For the record, the piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori circa 1700.

amen…we are one race, the Human Race

Sing it with me now…..“Ebony and ivory…..”

…amen

What a lovely thought!

The contrasting color keys on a keyboard instrument are a lot older than the piano. They have not always been black and white. Sometimes they were different shades of brown and black wood. Somehow, they get along quite nicely together. People have come a long way toward harmony in the last 50 years. Unfortunately, there are still a few people of all races who refuse to accept that the visible differences do not reflect the essential sameness.

’Cause “Personalities” get in the way…