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
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And… Read More A Moment to Meditate: Poetry About Decision-Making
Goooooooooooooooood Wednesday and start of October to all my peeps and hipsters out there! It’s your favorite ethnomusicologist, DJ Lady Luck, bringing you fresh tunes from right here and around the globe – all with the purpose of inspiring your mid-week workday, as well as those in the month ahead! This month’s featured artist is… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… Nneka
Here’s to the season of football and homecomings, sweaters and scarves, favorite fall drinks and foods, scenic drives and hikes… …and leaves – lots of gorgeously colorful but eventually falling leaves! Have a great start to fall, y’all!
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
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
Goooooooooooooooood Wednesday and happy August 2017 to all my loyal listeners! It’s your favorite ethnomusicologist, DJ Lady Luck, bringing you tunes from around the globe with the purpose of inspiring your mid-week workday and the month ahead! And speaking of inspiration… August is such an exciting month to me, especially when I think about… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… Sona Jobarteh
Welcome back to my library! It’s with great surprise to myself (but sincere thankfulness) that I finally return to share a new selection from Ms. Lu’s Library, where on any given Tuesday I spotlight a treasured book from my collection or share with you thoughts on a recent find. Now, as you know from my last “book… Read More Ms. Lu’s Library – Book of the Summer: Happier at Home
Oooooooooooooooooooooohhhh, what a beautiful Wednesday! And happy June 2017, everyone! This is your girl, DJ Lady Luck, here to usher in a new month by spotlighting music to get you moving and motivated! Today, I’m bringing to your airways an eastern NC artist full of heart, talent, and commitment! I’m talking about Rapsody, the female… Read More DJ Lady Luck Presents… Rapsody
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