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Flashback Friday: Frida and Eva.
Flashback to that time when Mexican artist Frida Kahlo traveled to San Fran and painted a portrait of a Black woman… as a woman… not a caricature.
May 8, 2020 -
The Preachers: Father Divine, god to millions.
(Image Source: NewsWorks) I first heard the name “Father Divine” as a child from my mom, musing over her grandmother’s occasional penchant for following (via correspondence, radio or TV) some rather…
April 26, 2017 -
Some Saturday Stuff: December 13th.
Norma Shearer (Source) Hello, All. I feel like the last couple of weeks have been a blur. My dad is still in the hospital with pneumonia, but it looks…
December 13, 2014 -
The fault in my stars.
I’ve never been into astrology. Not just because I was raised that in fell into the category of the “occult” and was not to be dabbled in, but because it made…
July 23, 2014 -
Convert, pay or die.
Iraqi Christian women at church in June. (Source) Over the last few days, things have grown dire for Christians in Mosul, a city in northern Iraq. From a July 18th…
July 21, 2014 -
The dark night of the souls.
(Source) I just read a fascinating (and somewhat frightening)article at The Atlantic about the dark side of meditation. Yes, the dark side. Growing up going to conservative Christian churches and…
July 16, 2014
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