Creativity in Children: A Lost Art?

A recent local news report indicated that children were becoming less creative. Duh! With the advent of more sophisticated electronics, including telephones, music players, video games and the like, no wonder our children are becoming less creative. And this is nothing new. I did a Google search to see if I could find the details…

Afrobella's Beauty Picks

The other day, a young lady from Facebook mentioned she was looking for a new lipstick shade and asked for suggestions. I immediately pointed her to my March 27, 2013 blog post, “Afrobella’s Essential Lipstick Collections For Women of Color.” Here I provided links to two awesome posts by Patrice Grell Yursik, a.k.a. Afrobella, where she…

The Imitation of Life

The other night, I was about to retire for the evening, when I read a friend’s Facebook status – one of my favorite movies of all time, The Imitation of Life, was on. I have seen this movie fifty-leven times, but I had to stay up and watch it. Just to be clear, I am…

#31WriteNow Challenge: Day 1

So I’m just fresh off the AudioMo Challenge, where I posted daily audio clips during the month of July. And just when I had decided to take a few weeks off before I start posting my regular companion podcast to TTWC (Oh yeah, I didn’t tell y’all about that, did I?), here comes another challenge.…

AudioMo Challenge

A few days ago, I learned of a 30-day audio challenge sponsored by AudioMo. Two of my friends, Mr. Fresh and Ray Garraud mentioned it and are participating, so I thought I’d try my hand at it. A few months ago, I toyed with the idea of doing periodic podcasts, since sometimes it’s quicker for…

AudioMo #7: Celebrate!

Today’s AudioMo topic is Celebrate! Today we celebrated our church musician’s 60th birthday with a beautiful soirée after church – and he planned it all! Sometimes you have to be good to YOURSELF. Happy birthday Bro. Gibbs!! Listen in…Background music is I:Cube’s Adore.

AudioMo #6: Releasing Your Inner Child

Here’s Day 6 of the AudioMo Challenge – After seeing “Despicable Me 2” today with the family, I thought about how healthy it is to release your inner child and take time to laugh with your children. This summer, make sure you let your inner child out to play – just make sure you have…