For more than ten years, I lived in a town whose name was loosely translated into The Place of the Skull. The name allegedly originated from a curse leveled on the town by a Delaware Indian tribal chief whose family members were slaughtered during the Native American Trade of the 1700s. Legend has it, when …
The Unknowable – Got You Under a Spell
Why would anyone label a subject unknowable? What purpose would that mental construct serve? Do we use the term unknowable so we could claim plausible deniability for our actions as we move through this journey called life? Or do we claim unknowable so we can surrender our will to something or someone outside of …
“Not Religious, but Spiritual” Means What Exactly?
Recently, I wrote about spiritual enlightenment in a discussion (AALBC.com ) that centered on Beyoncé 's Grammy performance. It seems as if everyone has an opinion on her costume, but little knowledge to go with it. Well maybe if you're from West Africa you knew immediately which Goddess she was emulating. Mostly everyone else who …
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Book Review: by Yawatta Hosby
This is my debut novel she’s reviewed! Woo-hoo!!
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Sleeping with a D-Man is the ninth book for my reading challenge. And, it’s another one where I broke the rules of only sticking to blogs or Absolute Write. Jade is a good friend of mine from college (oh how I miss those days hee hee), and I noticed that she posted information about this story on her Facebook wall. She was helping out a friend, which motivated me to check out the book too. I wanted to support Jade.
Here’s my thoughts:
What should be a normal school year for 1st year college student Nicole Jettison turns out to be anything but at this east coast Catholic university. Cheerleading tryouts, sorority rushes, basketball games and a lot of school work should be par for the course but Jettison has opted for the extracurricular activities of unmasking shape-shifting drug dealers, sorcery and a night course in fallen angels. In the…
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Gonna Put a Spell on You…
"May your words create a wonderful world for you to live in."
Ghosts of Relationships, Past
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,"– George Santayana (1905) Reason in Common Sense, p. 284, volume 1 of The Life of Reason Laura was living the life of her dreams. She'd just signed an employment contract with one of the most prestigious legal consultancy firms in U.S. She'd settled all her …
The Magicians
"The most powerful magic trick a magician can perform is to see through the illusion. Break the spell." "Magic doesn't come from talent; it comes from pain" Mystery of creation (prayer) may have to do with intonation and not "words" ~MH 02/07/15
