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SANKOFA: Time Travel Sankofa is an Akan Twi word from Ghana that means “to goback and...

Some years ago, I read a headline that made me smile: “Detroit Wins—America’s Thanksgiving Day...

  “I do daywork” is what I remember hearing her say. It would be a few years before I knew what...

Take Me to the Water My childhood in the South didn't include “the talk” about being pulled...

Journey to Gray I spotted the first gray hairs on my head when I was still in high school. They...

Friday, June 21, 2019 6:44 PM Prelude: Looking back on random moments can add new...

With every season of life and every level of growth, it seems a reconciliation of our...

I have always loved the movie It’s a Wonderful Life; the title, Jimmy Stewart’s acting, and...

Back when vinyl records were the way to listen to music, nothing was worse than a scratched...

Now that I’m in my sixth decade of life, I can admit to my unique habit of hoarding. Except for a...

I've been a lover of books ever since first learning to read. Growing up, my favorite places were...

This week, during my eye exercises I opted to have Alexa play ‘Motown Christmas’ rather than my...

  As I write this, I am in Berlin, Germany at the end of a two-week experimental treatment...

Lately, I’ve been trying to untangle the difference between thanks and gratitude. It’s so easy to...

As I write this, it’s been almost two years since I have been able to see my image clearly in the...

In my youth, I complained a lot about life’s slow pace. Summers took too long to come and school...

Time Tells For more than five years, my mother and I have shared a weekly ritual: Sunday brunch...

When We Judge Casting judgement is a reflex, a weapon that each of us wields and uses without...

  Throughout my childhood, wherever we lived, there was always a vibrant, organic community...

My Writing Journey I was in elementary school when my mother gave me my first diary for...