Singer and actress Eartha Kitt has died, her publicist, Patty Freedman, told CNN on Thursday. Kitt, 81, died in New York, where she was being treated for colon cancer, Freedman said. Her daughter, Kitt Shapiro, was by her side. She was performing almost until the end, taping a PBS special six weeks ago in Chicago, […]
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Tis the season where love is comtemplated more now then any other part of the year. Here’s a random list a just a few of the people and things that I love, from the silly to substantive (just a few): God, my parents, my siblings, my extended family, chocolate covered peanut clusters, pecans, pecans with
“…I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people.”
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What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not? (from Song of Solomon)
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[This week, on December 15, I will be 40.5. Here’s an essay I published a few years ago that you might enjoy. Many others did.] Forty Backwardsby April R. Silver (2006) Last month I turned 38. With 40 fast approaching, I’ve been more reflective than usual. I’ve begun to observe life from over my shoulder,
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There is really nothing more to say — except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how. (from The Bluest Eye)
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“God has lessons for us, but sometimes God has The Devil to deliver them.” That’s the soul of the message that I got from wise woman NANA CAMILLE YARBROUGH a few years ago. Don’t know what we were talking about, but it applies to this next entry. I dated said deliverer once, but I learned
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From Yesterday’s Put On BLAST!(December 3, 2008) Dear POB! Family, I’m sorry to share this news: Odetta, respected around the world as the “voice of the civil rights movement,” has passed. Sonya White was the first person that I know of who shared the news that Odetta was in the hospital (that was a few
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I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all.
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There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
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