Me and Jos all decked out at church as girls.     I posted a quote from Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple” this morning on Facebook. It led to a long string…

    Leila Noelliste, creator and editor-in-chief of Black Girl with Long Hair, is a lot of things: daughter, wife, mother, journalist and Chicogoan. She is also incredibly busy. How she manages…

Good Saturday morning! The remnants of Andrea have passed, and the sun is out shining brightly here in Dirty Jerz. I’m in a mess of pain- back, legs, particularly my left thigh,…

  I read with interest my fellow BOLD writer Carmen Fletcher’s “Confessions of a Preacher Kid: Chelsea Stanton”. I can relate. Me, too. I actually come from a long ministerial line; my…

    Five years ago today, K and I had our first date. I asked him out with help from a mini-green Post-It. I chose a local diner right down the street…