Well for me that answer would be to write full-time, teach in an academic environment and do historical and social reach. I always enjoyed writing research papers in college and wish I were employed by a "think-tank". Analysis and evaluation have alw ...
Posted Saturday, August 7th 2010 at 9:29PM
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Ladies,
This favorite by Diana Ross is my new theme song. Many of my sisterfriends and I have discussed our favorite Heartbreak songs, now let's talk about the songs that lift you up and reaffirm your faith in you not in a man. Nothing wrong in lo ...
Posted Friday, July 30th 2010 at 8:22AM
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Friends please go to:
www.blackweblogawards.com
and nominate my blog:
http://dancingpalmtrees.wordpress.com/
in the following categories
Best New Blog
Best Personal Blog
Best Writing Blog
Blog to Watch
Thank you and God Ble ...
Posted Saturday, July 24th 2010 at 1:11PM
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A Wrinkle in Time
If I could turn back the hands of time I’d return to ages four or five. No problems, worries or troubles. No school, Kindergarten was just more playing, we didn't actually learn anything. No crazy jobs with nutty bosses. No str ...
Posted Friday, July 23rd 2010 at 6:04PM
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Today when I reported to work the supervisor for our section informed us that one of our co-workers had passed away in his sleep the previous night. We were all shocked and of course deeply saddened. This man was deeply quiet and private but at the s ...
Posted Tuesday, July 20th 2010 at 9:31PM
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My cousins and I scattered my Aunt Helen's ashes in Mt. Morris Park today @ 2pm. Mt. Morris/Marcus Garvey Park very lovely. Actually we carefully placed the ashes around a special tree in the park that my cousin Lou had selected yesterday. This tre ...
Posted Saturday, July 17th 2010 at 8:06PM
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Massacre of the Innocents
The Knights Templar crusaders besieged the town of Tewahedo on July 22nd.
The inhabitants of the city who made obeisance to His Eminence were granted the freedom to leave unharmed, but many refused and opted to stay and ...
Posted Saturday, June 26th 2010 at 6:55PM
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In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
John Churton Collins
She seemed like such a lovely lady. A beauteous form can hide the darkest of hearts. The face of an Angel, a lithe and exquisite body, however, does not ...
Posted Saturday, June 26th 2010 at 6:36PM
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My Beloved Aunt Helen Garcia has passed away after a brief illness. Her remains will be cremated however there will be a Memorial Service at the Salvation Army Jamaica Citadel Corp on Tuesday, June 8th at 11:00am. Jamaica Citadel is located on 161st. ...
Posted Friday, June 4th 2010 at 5:03AM
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My Beloved Aunt Helen Garcia has passed away after a brief illness. Her remains will be cremated however there will be a Memorial Service at the Salvation Army Jamaica Citadel Corp on Tuesday, June 8th at 11:00am. Jamaica Citadel is located on 161st. ...
Posted Friday, June 4th 2010 at 5:02AM
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Since my days off will become Fri/Sat starting June 5th, I plan to use my Saturdays working to make extra money. My bills were whispering softly at first now they are yelling and screaming very loudly to be paid.
Therefore I'm available on Saturda ...
Posted Tuesday, May 25th 2010 at 5:59AM
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Storytelling Challenges in Literature and Movies
Cerebral vs. Celebrities?
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, 1797-1851 is supposed to have come up with Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus while on holiday in the sum ...
Posted Monday, May 3rd 2010 at 11:49AM
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Proverbs 11:13(NIV) -- A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy (wo)man keeps a secret.
2 Timothy 3:6 (NIV) -- They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are ...
Posted Monday, May 3rd 2010 at 9:17AM
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Write the Vision, and make it plain upon the tables, the she may run that reads it. Habakkuk 1:2
A Word in Season offers research services to writers on a variety of subjects including literature, art, history, religion, sociology and anthropolog ...
Posted Monday, April 19th 2010 at 10:45AM
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Dear Friends,
A unique opportunity has been given to artists working as guards at the Met! The show is returning for 3 weeks. This time the show will be bigger, better. and more inclusive. This time artists who have not appeared in the magazi ...
Posted Monday, March 15th 2010 at 7:04AM
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The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Started reading this novel around Jan. 15, 2010. An excellent book. I absolutely Love anything having to do with murder mysteries, forensic science, how dunnit, who dunnits, etc.., except for in this story we know ...
Posted Friday, February 5th 2010 at 6:45PM
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Psalm 103 (King James Version)
Psalm 103
1Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy di ...
Posted Friday, January 29th 2010 at 8:04AM
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My neighbor Ken Smith and his fellow artists are showing their paintings at the following:
SAVE THE DATE
ARTC-URI
presents
Artists Speaking for the Spirits
The unveiling of over 35 mural sized paintings
by Artists of the African Diaspor ...
Posted Monday, January 25th 2010 at 10:18AM
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You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. - Christopher Robin to Pooh
This morning as I was getting ready to go to the eye doctor I heard a commotion which I thought was coming from my next door neigh ...
Posted Monday, January 11th 2010 at 9:35PM
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"No person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow and be perceived as fully blossomed as you were intended." - Alice Walker
Highlights and Challenges of 2009
Turning 50
Celebrating my 50th Birthday on F ...
Posted Friday, December 25th 2009 at 1:01PM
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