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
Though this is a “bonus” DJ Lady Luck post for the month, I take this moment to celebrate my father – who, to me, is the epitome of resilience and what it means to be resilient. In honor of him, I choose to use this “musical moment” for one of life’s little surprises – birthdays!… Read More Life’s Surprises: Celebrating a Father’s Lifetime of Resilience
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
What’ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss happening, my people of Wednesday! It’s your girl DJ Lady Luck ushering in May 2017 with the latest tune from a Nigerian rapper I started listening to around this time three years ago. Phyno is his name (actually, a nickname given to him in high school and derived from the word “phenomenal”) and rapping in… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… Phyno
Invictus by William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but… Read More A Moment to Meditate: Poetry for Encouragement
*Warning: This is one of my classic “lengthy” posts, something I intend to curtail with the use of an updated blog schedule and writing outline in 2017. But for today, it is what it is – because we are still in 2016. So, please choose to read this how and when you want. I suggest doing so while sitting… Read More 2016: A Year of Struggling for Hope, Letting Go, and Praying for Time
“The hair is the most elevated point of your body, which means it is the closest to the divine. … Because the hair is the closest thing to the heavens, communication from the gods and spirits was thought to pass through the hair to get to the soul.” – from page 4 of Hair Story: Untangling… Read More I Am Not My Hair… Well, Not as Much as Before
Today marks the start of a new season in the year – autumn! And for me, this month marks the start of a new season in my life – one filled with an extended stretch of free time and reborn creativity in the words, crafts, images, and ideas I generate! But, in an effort to… Read More Small Victories
I know, I know… it’s been a really long time since I’ve last posted to this little blog of mine. But, all good intentions at the start of a new year have to survive the happenings of a new year in order to really make an impact on the person possessing those good intentions for that… Read More A Taste of Work to Come
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