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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated: Celebrating 70 Years of Timeless Service
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated Gamma Rho Omega Chapter, Inc. Platinum and Pearls: Celebrating 70 Years of Timeless Serves The Gamma Rho Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated celebrated seven decades of contributions to the Jacksonville community on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency on East Coastline Drive. More than 300 […]
Balance Life – Eat Pecans!
REPOST: “Because History Repeats Herself.” Dear Gods of Digital Time and Calendar Power, Thank you for the “Fall Back” and “Spring Forward” you so graciously grant. Personally, I appreciate a gesture of goodwill intent, but really: an hour? Really? It quite frankly makes no difference unless you’re one of those persons who looks at day-parts […]
The Provocative 32 Hygiene-Stroke
I like doing it in the morning. It has emerged as a sensual ritual since the deciduous death of my sexy, thirty-two, adult soldiers. Most stand upright and salute when I smile like victors of a daily battle with debris. I am sole leader of a decay-prevention platoon who boldly confronts caffeine stains; random, […]
Jacksonville Film Festival 2011
What a wonderful weekend I had covering the Jacksonville Film Festival. In all fairness, yes, the additions of the African American films (and their producers and featured actresses) were last minute additions, but we made the best of Friday thru Sunday, and I’m grateful to the Gods of journalism that I was able to “capture” […]
September 11, 2001: A ten year reflection
This is a re-posting of my 9/11 ten year anniversary blog. There are some things worth hoarding, and this commemorative 9/11 magazine is one that I’m glad I held onto. I tend to keep things, always thinking: “I’m going to need this one day.” I never gave thought that ten years following the most horrific […]
“Miss Jail 2011” Pageantry trends and spin
http://thestir.cafemom.com/beauty_style/118575/miss_jail_beauty_pageants_are Just when I thought I’d never hear Burt Park’s version of “There she is…walking on air she is,” a new-aged, exploitative She has stepped into stilettos and left her prison cell to run for the coveted title, “Miss Jail.” My mind flutters with a fury of thoughts running the gamut from, “How does one […]
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