Today, had my mother lived past May 2006, she would have been 94 years old, the same age as my father is now. She taught both inside and outside the classroom.
This December 2007 post from the Riehlife archives shares her teaching philosophy.
“A Song for Coretta” by Pearl Cleage was inspired by the long line of mourners who came by Ebenezer Baptist Church to pay their respects to Mrs. Coretta Scott King. The play introduces five fictional African-American women, aged 17 to 57, waiting in the rain to say their good-byes. The play premiered at Spelman College…
Ivan Martin extends an invitation to submit for the JAMAA art show at St. Louis’ Soulard Art Market. We are having a show at the Soulard Art Market to celebrate Black History. Call For Art Jamaa A Juried Art Exhibition At: Soulard Art Market & Contemporary Gallery 2028 S. 12th Street St. Louis, MO 63104…
Women’s Memoirs is at it again…leading the way to support women (and men) writers and bloggers. Blogrolls…contests…prizes…It’s hard to keep track. Nominate your blog on Women’s Memoirs and meet some other outstanding bloggers. Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler say: One way we promised to help build this community, to help you reach more women interested…
Denien Robbins or Author Exposure reviewed The Spirit of a Woman: Stories to Empower and Inspire edited by Terry Laszlo-Gopadze and published by Santa Monica Press. Robbins’ review begins: “Most of us have known at least one incredible woman in our lives. She is the one with an unlimited supply of inner strength and determination…
It’s Blog Action Day. The theme this year is WATER. My blogging buddy Damaria Senne of South Africa has written an insightful post on her blog Story Pot about water in an African village. I told her that: Your story of the place water plays in the lives of village people all across Africa is…
Those of you who went to Sunday School will recognize my play on words with the beattitudes (be-attitudes). Coming back from such a sea-change trip, I wanted to count some blessings I received on home ground in this post. In another post, I’ll count blessings footloose and abroad. 1) Send-off Dinner. Before I left, Doreen…