This year I decided to participate in a common Catholic/Christian practice known as Lent. According to an article written by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: “Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It’s a period of preparation […]
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“It’s difficult to trek a journey with so many bags. You get one backpack to carry on this journey. Discern what goes in the bag and what gets set free.” I remember the first time I felt so overwhelmed with my woes that I googled “how to let go.” I had been separated from my
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“Anxiety is described as a sense of uneasiness, nervousness, worry, or fear of what’s about to happen or what might happen.” I woke up feeling rejected. I’d sprung from a dream in which I desired affection from someone I love, and they would not reciprocate. I woke up feeling nervous. I had court, and even
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As my 25th birthday began to approach, I saw myself seeking guidance from any and everyone considered elder to me; if even by a month. The overarching question on my mind: how did you feel when you were turning 25? A quarter of a century. Something about its approach was giving me a sense of
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“Taste Bar + Kitchen offers globally inspired comfort foods & craft cocktails in an energetic, casual dining environment. The concept was inspired by Chef Don Bowie and his international travels, resulting in the fusion of ethnic flavors with a menu of southern staples.” A spread of some of Taste’s signature dishes including Chicken and Waffles
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“Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. “ “A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows that is familiar with
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Yesterday as I lay offerings of chicken soup dinner at one of the altars, I asked my ancestors, Orisha, and Spirit for guidance by way of a dream. I asked if it would be in my best interest to revive a certain relationship. When I woke up I remembered a voice telling me “When you
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“Compost is the recycling of organic materials that is added to soil in order to facilitate healthy plant growth.” When I lived in Atlanta I shared a 4 bedroom house with three other people. One of them had an extensive green thumb. She grew things like kale, tomatoes, beans, peppers, and melons all in our
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This ritual is meant to be performed within three days of a new or full moon in order to access the moon’s full energy. Remember, a ritual done without intention will cause adverse effects. Sound Bowl Cleanse Spiritual bath Mindful awareness teaches us that when we look at the U-N-Iverse, the U-N-Iverse is also looking
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“Okorafor does an amazing job with detailed imagery. You can taste the spices in the egusi soup. You can smell the heat from tainted peppers. You can feel the stealth fur of the flying grasscutter.” “Leopard People read books by everybody and everything. We look outside and inside. But you have to be secure with
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