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Models Monday: On Being a Lady in “A Man’s World”

I will grant that James Brown sounds good when he sings “It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World,” but I hate the song…but people clearly dig it. Anytime you see clips of Brown performing it, you hear the crowd going wild. I don’t know if they like the music, which is nice, the lyrics, or someContinue reading “Models Monday: On Being a Lady in “A Man’s World””

That’s the Day: Sunday Breakfast

I usually make what we consider a big breakfast on Sunday. This meal typically includes turkey bacon, scrambled eggs, waffles or pancakes or biscuits or hash browns, strawberries, and yogurt. I provided the recipe that I use for pancakes in a post some time ago so today I thought I would share my waffle recipe.Continue reading “That’s the Day: Sunday Breakfast”

Eunique Jones Gibson’s “Because of Them, We Can…” Series

Today is the last day of February, and so the last day of Black History month, but I hope it isn’t the last day for Eunique Jones Gibson to produce additional photographs for her enchanting photo series Because of Them, We Can… Each day during Black History month, Gibson released one photo per day onContinue reading “Eunique Jones Gibson’s “Because of Them, We Can…” Series”

Models Monday: Alpha Robertson

Alpha Robertson’s reflections on controlling one’s personal feelings of anger and hatred come at the conclusion of Spike Lee’s Academy Award nominated documentary film 4 Little Girls. Robertson’s 14 year old daughter Carole was one of four black girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963. Robertson tellsContinue reading “Models Monday: Alpha Robertson”

That’s the Day: “Altar Call”

There is a moment in Bruce Broder’s delightfully engaging documentary film Chops (2007) when T.J., a very talented young trombonist, asks famed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis the difference between the sound of church in one’s horn playing and the sound of soulfulness. Marsalis offers a great response: O.K., this is the difference between soulfulness and church.Continue reading “That’s the Day: “Altar Call””

That’s the Day: “Come Sunday”

I have long been a reader of The New York Times’s “Sunday Routine” series. I read the accounts of Sundays by notable New Yorkers and think about the absence of routine from my own Sundays. The only thing consistently true about the way I experience Sunday is that there is very little that might beContinue reading “That’s the Day: “Come Sunday””

Models Monday: Beauty and Everyday Life (Re-Post)

Earlier this summer, I read Maurice Berger’s article in The New York Times about the discovery of a series of Gordon Parks photographs believed to have been lost. The photographs chronicled the daily life of an extended family in Mobile, Alabama in 1956. According to Berger, the found photographs expand upon themes established in thatContinue reading “Models Monday: Beauty and Everyday Life (Re-Post)”

Models Monday: Charles “Teenie” Harris Exhibit

The above photograph by Charles “Teenie” Harris was one of the many from his extensive collection that distinguished scholar Deborah Willis discussed at the  Atlanta University Center Robert Woodruff library on January 31. The Carnegie Museum of Art houses the Harris archive and can be accessed on-line. If you’re not in the Atlanta area andContinue reading “Models Monday: Charles “Teenie” Harris Exhibit”

Models Monday: Micro-Galas and Inauguration 2013

My aunt attended an inaugural brunch four years ago in the home of a friend and she would repeat that experience this past Monday when President Obama was sworn in a second time. About thirty people attended the first brunch. While there weren’t as many people attending this most recent inaugural brunch, my aunt saidContinue reading “Models Monday: Micro-Galas and Inauguration 2013”