One of my passions in life is encouraging others to step out on faith, choose the paths less traveled, and work intentionally towards realizing their most closely-held dreams. And though it took me many years to follow my own advice, I finally did – first, by starting this blog in 2015 and then in 2021,… Read More What’s New in 2022…
Habari gani, everyone! [What’ssssssss happening, my people!] This month, it’s all about Ujima. [Collective work and Responsibility.] Noooooooooo, don’t go checking your calendars! Your DJ is not mistaking April 2018 for December 2017. Wayyyyyyy too much goodness has taken place for that to happen. It’s just that with the start of a this new month – the… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… Songs of Collective Work and Responsibility
Almost two weeks after the fact… And feeling like the pace it took me to “work my way” through this winter season sweet treat… April is here… and so are the sounds, scents, and weather of spring. This time, to stay – no fooling, y’all! So, have a beautiful and blessed start to your… Read More Life’s Surprises: When Winter Weather Finally Gives Way to Spring
What’s up, what’s up, what’s up!?!?!?!?! It is I – your long lost DJ, Ms. Lady Luck, back on the “keyboard” of steel to bring you a very overdue first broadcast in the new year! So, in honor of the month we all love- that is, February – I’ve returned to help my listeners celebrate… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… Messengers of History and Self-Love
Today, I attended a creative writing and mindfulness workshop at the public library in town. This was my second writing workshop for the month and, truth be told, my second writing workshop since starting this personal journey back in 2010 (more officially in 2015) to write publicly. The program’s creative writing aspect was obviously… Read More Creative Mindfulness and Me
Happy New Year, everyone! Please pardon my month of silence… I chose not to blog at all last month so that I may savor December 2017 – and the last 31 days in my initial year of simple living and intentional work. And for the most part, I believe the month off from writing rewarded… Read More Completing the Circle in 2017 to Start Afresh in 2018
November – if you haven’t realized it by now from my earlier posts – is my absolute favorite month of the year when I intentionally take time to just celebrate “me” by enjoying myself and all the things I love to do, eat, see, feel, hear, savor… (You get the point!) Granted, lots of people… Read More Life’s Surprises: Ode to November…and Celebrating a Month of Me
In the scramble to buy Thanksgiving meal groceries, Christmas gifts, holiday decorations and other such supplies, take a moment to be still and meditate on life – in all its complicated forms and expressions… …the good and bad, difficult and easy, stress-inducing and carefree-giving, annoying and pleasing… You get the point – it’s all life.… Read More A Moment to Meditate: On Giving Thanks
Welcome to another edition of Ms. Lu’s Library! I’m back to share my thoughts and favorite passages from another recent read. This time I’m reviewing a book that’s been on my “must read” list for about a year – Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert. “And you have treasures hidden within… Read More Ms. Lu’s Library – Book of the Month: Big Magic
Hellooooooooooo everyone, and happy happy happy NOVEMBER!!!!! That’s right, my signature month of the year has finally arrived. For those of you not in the know, November is your DJ’s fav-o-rite (said like JJ’s “dy-no-mite”) month – full of my most beloved holidays, views of nature in its richest colors, and (*gasp*) day of birth! So, big things seem to… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… Laura Mvula
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