Serenity… refocus – seek joy – thrive

The dead have been stomping around again (well, as much as they can stomp, what with being a bit insubstantial and all) and causing a hoopla, lately. Luckily, I am the only one who can hear them – and even I don’t exactly hear them so much as I feel their impatience, and worry, and [...]

  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 [...]

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 [...]

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”.]

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 [...]