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~~~ My grandmother stood approximately six feet tall prior to aging taking its toll on her body. When I was a child she was a little intimidating and a very no nonsense person. She showed loved in straight-forward ways just like her personality. Her favorite way of showing she cared was through feeding you. My […]
Read More Remembering Louise’s Last Days~~~ People with bone straight hair want wavy or curly hair. People with curly or wavy hair want bone straight hair. Recently, I cut off my dreadlocs. There are other known ways to remove dreads or locs as sometimes called but I decided to cut mine. I let them grow out a little allowing for […]
Read More Hair: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly~~~ Mother’s Day weekend is tough for me. When my mom was living, I would enjoy showering her with gifts this weekend. However, I didn’t wait until Mother’s Day to tell her I loved her or to treat her to dinner. Each month I would do something nice or maybe deposit a little surprise in […]
Read More In Memory of Mom~~~ I am the child of a mother who became pregnant at the age of 20. My father a few years older than my mother, on his own free will asked her to marry him. I never thought to ask my now deceased parents if they would have gotten married without the pregnancy. I grew […]
Read More From Whence We Come~~~ April 15, 2011 at 7:04am marked the last time, I communicated with my mother at least in the earthly realm. She breathed her last breath sometime that morning. But this blog post isn’t to reflect on her death; for that you can look at post from April and May of 2011. Post made on April 15th […]
Read More With Humble Hands~~~ I intended to blog about something completely different, however my spirit lead me to the topic of faith. This morning like millions of Christians around the planet, I attended church. Today is the holiest days of Christianity, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ in fulfillment of biblical scriptures. After leaving church my husband […]
Read More Faithfully Yours~~~ Growing up on the West Side of Chicago it wasn’t until college that I learned I lived in one of the lowest income neighborhoods. Regardless of this fact, I was raised to believe having a roof over my head, food in my stomach as well as clothing on my back meant wealth. Another ah-ha […]
Read More Leftovers~~~ Most days when fashionistas look in their closets, they try to select the perfect outfit. The garments we wear tell our stories. Those stories start in the minds of designers who create garmets for us to wear. Recently I attended Posh & Panache a pre-Columbia Fashion Week event in its second year sponsored by M2 Boutique located at 2317 Two Notch […]
Read More Posh and Panache 2.0~~~ Last month my husband and I took our second journey to Washington, DC to be a part of events for the 57th Presidential Inauguration. We were part of the millions of individuals who took over the district in 2008. And after continually being active as part of both campaigns and helping to move the […]
Read More I TOO AM AMERICA…~~~ PaisleyPerspective is dedicated to bringing interesting blogs about arts and social awareness. February means it is the time of year when Black History is highlighted. Also in Columbia, SC it means it is time for the Reel Black Pix Film Festival, which is entering its 5th year. Having been a participant from the beginning […]
Read More Interview: Organizer of Reel Black Pix Film Fest
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