Alice Walker's Blog

Yours.  With gratitude. ~aw

  When we are old it is a wonderful thing to share insights such as this, which make a window in the solid wall of spiritual belief behind which humans are sometimes held captive. So much fear has been instilled in us. The “God” of my childhood, white and cruel, a racist and exploiter of the black and poor, was clearly constructed to make people in my community feel badly about themselves. And to be servants forever.  If not of whites, then of “God.” As I think of it now, as an elder, I see even...

Having All the Money in the World, and Not Doing this. aw

It is not too late To love & adore The Khoisan- Also known As the Bushmen/People. Not too late To love ourselves Our smiles And love makings Our dances And paintings and Story tellings On every desert Sand & Stone; Our admiration of flowers And “wild” like us Animals; Our “Mongolian” eyes Deer brown skin/ And Our hair: Those Fetchingly Kissable Blessedly original Buddha knots. ***   For those of us in the diaspora, eons later, we remember and thank singer and inspirer, Miriam Makeba, who peppere...

There are no words. The history, the creativity,  the exuberance.  Even so, Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr. born January 15th.  This is some of what we feel for you, every day. ~aw

Copyright © 2026 by Alice Walker Looking at a butterfly Black and silver Glossy and intent: It was having A rendezvous With the scarlet Bougainvillea Near the pool. In & out Among the leaves Deep dives Among the petals It was intent. What are you after? I inquired. It ignored Me. All of life Was in its pursuit Of nectar Whereas I wondered: Bougainvillea is So dry! Does it even have Any sweet Wetness? Apparently so. The Butterfly Its wings tiny But Flashing Heroically, Probed on. It was not Fixat...

Arrest at the concord Navel Weapons Station in Concord, Ca. with solidarity companions Robert L. Allen and Belvie Rooks (not shown) and carrying Windela, a doll to represent the children targeted by US bombs.  Our homemade T shirts read:  Remember Port Chicago.~aw

Reprint: CODEPINK Statement Against U.S. Bombing Venezuela and Kidnapping President Maduro FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 3, 2026 Media Contact: Melissa Garriga | melissa@codepink.org “These are blatant and illegal acts of war by the Trump Administration.” CODEPINK Statement on the Bombing of Venezuela and the Kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Last night, the United States government bombed civilian and military sites across Venezuela and illegally kidnapped Venezuelan President ...

Deleted: https://youtube.com/watch?v=MUUH00GzR... Other ways of coming home.  American*/ African. ~aw *Turtle Island.