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
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
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
Have a spooooooooook-tacular but safe Halloween.
Welcome to another edition of Ms. Lu’s Library! (Well, actually… this is the second take on the last edition of Ms. Lu’s Library.) So, as a reader, you know how this typically goes… You settle on your next book to read, start knocking out pages (and taking notes even), but THEN… then you come… Read More Ms. Lu’s Library – Book of the Summer (Take 2): My Book Finds at the National Museum of the American Indian
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh, say can you seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Independence Day 2017 may have passed, but your favorite “online DJ” has a special mid-year post-holiday mega broadcast on deck to keep those frankfurters, fireworks, and fun days poppin’ all summer long! Mixing things up a bit from the usual show, I’m bringing you observations and reflections, along with images… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… A Special Mid-Year Broadcast
*Disclaimer: This post is a retrospect of my immediate thoughts about the life and musical influence of Prince during the week following his death last April. I’ve chosen to complete the draft I started at that time and post it in honor of him on the first anniversary of his death. * Ode to Prince: The Purple… Read More Ode to Prince: Purple Reign Continues…
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