Serenity… an expedition


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faces: doing for her own self

  PISTACHIOS – Kakenya from POCKO on Vimeo. via this is africa, via u got this love who says: A great (true) story about a Maasai girl trying to go above and beyond. Please check it out!! [An animation for Vital Voices, an organisation working globally for women’s independence. This film tells the childhood story [...]

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Monday, August 9th

quarter to five

That last 1o or 15 minutes always seems to go so slowly you’d almost swear the hands on the clock were moving backwards. Just a few more minutes and you’re free to go, to get into the wind, to hit happy hour, to… but then the boss pops in with something that has to be [...]

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Saturday, June 19th

a thriller of a tale – in 24 words

CHARLES GILBERT, Fleeing from Davis, a Negro Trader–Secreted under a Hotel–Up a Tree–Under a Floor–In a Thicket–On a Steamer. [Story/chapter synopsis from William Still’s “Underground Railroad”.]

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Tuesday, February 2nd

ruminations on the house and the field

The other day I was reading a post over at the Field Negro’s site that primarily dealt with Black conservatives, but also, somewhere in there, talked about the name he uses as his handle and also as his blog’s name – Field Negro. Not surprisingly, there has been a bit of controversy over the name [...]

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Tuesday, December 15th