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Happy Thanksgiving everybody! The cornbread dressing has been made and the kiddies are all off to sleep (except for Al who actually thinks he might have a chance at some of the goodies if he stays up. I’ll give him fifteen minutes, tops). Once I get the fruit salad done, it will all be ready… Read more

This morning, as I was leaving the house, I saw a rainbow right around the house. It’s a brand new day. Everything is fresh and new, no doubt from all the rain that we’ve had, but it’s a brand new day. Ripe with possibilities and opportunities. To learn better and do better. To move forward.… Read more

I didn’t even like them when I was a kid, but for the past two or three years, come autumn, I can’t seem to get enough pumpkin. Pumpkin shakes. Pumpkin pie. Pumpkin bread. Pumpkin soup. Any pumpkin I can get my hands on. There is even pumpkin flavored ice cream in the grocer’s freezer. I’ve… Read more

Diva in Demand did a really good post today about some of her personal experiences with AIDS. I think it’s worth a look, because this is an issue that really affects the African American and in turn American community deeply. More African American kids in the united states are born with HIV now than all… Read more