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The Difference a Year Makes
Reflecting on illness, recovery, and renewed purpose.
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Unboxing my proof
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Tenth Lane
While I was still in AZ, I was shopping online for investment opportunities I could begin working on #asap and that would keep me occupied through the summer. My target cities were: #Atlanta , #Baltimore , #Detroit and #Milwaukee . I focused on city-owned properties, city programs and opportunities.
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Poem: Bury Me in a Free Land by Frances Harper
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Make me a grave where’er you will, In a lowly plain, or a lofty hill; Make it among earth’s humblest graves, But not in a land where men are slaves. I could not rest if around my grave I heard the steps of a trembling slave; His shadow above my silent tomb Would make it a…
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We Are All Bound Up Together
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, 1866 I feel I am something of a novice upon this platform. Born of a race whose inheritance has been outrage and wrong, most of my life had been spent in battling against those wrongs. But I did not feel as keenly as others, that I had these rights, in common with other women, which are…
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I AM Woman: A Celebration of Being
I AM WOMAN: Expressions of Black Womanhood in America is a showcase of the indomitable Spirit of Black Womanhood weaving through generations as cord of strength and wisdom. Forget the world. I AM WOMAN is a declaration of existence – without permission. Everyone is aware of their outward image. Many people spend their lives enhancing their shadow while neglecting their…
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I AM WOMAN: An Introduction
Looking Back to Move Forward In February 2018, I quit my corporate job with a determination to work and live as a writer and photographer. A few months later, several interests coalesced into a photo essay book idea that has become I AM WOMAN: Expressions of Black Womanhood in America. I AM WOMAN comes from a desire to give women…
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I AM WOMAN Covers
I have a release date for the I AM WOMAN: Expressions of Black Womanhood in America! It will be available for purchase on June19, 2021 via Amazon. YAY! The low pre-order price is available until the release date. All pre-orders will be shipped from me so they can be signed copies if you wish. I’m pretty psyched finally seeing this…
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A Prayer for Sojourner Truth
We think of history as being so distant, but standing at Mother Sojourner's grave site made me very aware that her time was not so long ago.
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Nnamdi Okonkwo
In 2009, I had the pleasure of meeting Nnamdi Okonkwo at an art show in Manhattan. Pictured: Nnamdi Okonkwo, Sculptor, with Resolution A couple of years ago I started following him on IG and told him I was looking forward to the day I could purchase my first piece of art from him. Have you thought about what your first…
