THE UNSALT’D LIFE …you can give up salt without sacrificing taste… HEALTHY EATING ACTIVE LIVING SUMMER RECIPES FOR KIDS ROASTED SWEET POTATO CUBE SKEWERS w/ CILATRO-JALAPENO AIOLI DIP INGREDIENTS – SERVES – 6 1 tbsp olive oil 2 tsp smoked paprika lemon zest (salt substitute) and pepper – to taste skewers Dip ½ cup reduced fat mayonnaise 2 jalapeno chilies – … [Read more...] about Roasted Sweet Potato Cube Skewers w/ Cilantro-Jalapeno Aioli Dip Recipe
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Celebrating This Week in Black History
May 20, 1961 – U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy dispatches U.S. Marshals to Montgomery, Ala., to restore order in the “Freedom Rider” disturbance. May 21, 1833 – African Americans enroll for the first time at Oberlin College, Ohio. May 22, 1921 – Shuffle Along, a musical featuring a score by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle, opens on Broadway. May 23, 1900 – Sgt. … [Read more...] about Celebrating This Week in Black History
“Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own” by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
c.2020, Crown $27.00/$36.00 Canada 239 pages Did you see that? Sure you did. You couldn’t miss it, actually, because you can spot hatred, discrimination, and bad trouble a mile away. You know when something’s wrong and you saw it; saw it coming, in fact, and you weren’t alone. In “Begin Again” by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., you’ll know that a warning was sounded decades … [Read more...] about “Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own” by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
Music lessons by beSound offered on all instruments for all people, given by fun, credentialed, and experienced people
beSound is a community of professional performers and educators who make learning a musical instrument inspiring and fun. Our instructors enjoy the art of teaching as much as they enjoy playing music and will custom design a learning plan that is based on your goals and aspirations. Lessons and coaching are offered at all levels and on any instrument. Not only do the … [Read more...] about Music lessons by beSound offered on all instruments for all people, given by fun, credentialed, and experienced people
Beulah Jackson’s Banana Pudding Recipe
"Try this recipe and you will never use (jello) pudding mix ever again." -Lynda Jackson-Conyers Yield: 8-10 servings 2/3 cup sugar 1/4 cup all-purpose flour Dash of salt 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 2 1/2 cups milk 4 large eggs, separated 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 (12-ounce) package vanilla wafers 6 large bananas 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 … [Read more...] about Beulah Jackson’s Banana Pudding Recipe
“Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power” by Tamara Winfrey Harris
c.2021, Barrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. $16.95 / $22.95 Canada 185 pages There’s some mail for you. And it’s not the e-variety, either; it was brought by a human, carried down the street and left at your home. It’s in an envelope with a stamp, and the good news is that it isn’t a bill. It’s a letter for you, and in “Dear Black Girl” by Tamara Winfrey Harris, it could … [Read more...] about “Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power” by Tamara Winfrey Harris
“The Jigsaw Man: A Novel” by Nadine Matheson
c.2021, Hanover Square Press $27.99 / $34.99 Canad 496 pages Finders Keepers. It's all yours now, that cool, unique, surprise thing that suddenly turned up and you laid claim to it. What once was lost is yours now. Finders keepers, except, as in the new novel "The Jigsaw Man" by Nadine Matheson, what's found is a dead body. Looking as though it was about to pay … [Read more...] about “The Jigsaw Man: A Novel” by Nadine Matheson
How to stop discarded face masks from polluting the planet
By: Laura Parker Personal protective equipment is made of plastic and isn’t recyclable. Now it’s being found everywhere on earth, including the oceans. The solution isn’t complicated: Throw them away. Earth Day has revealed a new problem this year, according to National Geographic Magazine: discarded face masks are multiplying at an alarming rate, clogging landfills, … [Read more...] about How to stop discarded face masks from polluting the planet
“We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy” by Natalie Baszile
c.2021, Amistad $29.99 / $36.99 Canada 368 pages One little hole in the ground. That’s all it takes, as big around as your little finger, a pencil eraser, a coffee stirrer. A tiny fissure in the Earth, that’s what you need to grow dinner next week or next winter, flowers for your table, sustenance for your animals or, as in the new book “We Are Each Other’s Harvest” by … [Read more...] about “We Are Each Other’s Harvest: Celebrating African American Farmers, Land, and Legacy” by Natalie Baszile
The History of Our First African American Mayors
By Tann vom Hove, Senior Fellow, City Mayors Research* Black Americans have become instrumental in US local government December 2020: It is thought that America’s first elected black mayors were Pierre Caliste Landry from Donaldsonville in southern Louisiana and Stephen Swails from Kingstree, South Carolina. Both men were elected in 1868, the year the 14th amendment … [Read more...] about The History of Our First African American Mayors