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My friends gave me the cutest little tchotchke!
January 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
My friends gave me the cutest little tchotchke!
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LEONARD COHEN: “I heard there was a secret chord / That David played and it pleased the Lord….”
[earlier]
DAVID: Hey God, check this out.
THE LORD: What?
DAVID’S HARP: [Gsus]
THE LORD: Hahahaha! I see what you did there!
[earlier]
DAVID: Hey God, check this out.
THE LORD: What?
DAVID’S HARP: [Gsus]
THE LORD: Hahahaha! I see what you did there!
January 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
LEONARD COHEN: “I heard there was a secret chord / That David played and it pleased the Lord….”
[earlier]
DAVID: Hey God, check this out.
THE LORD: What?
DAVID’S HARP: [Gsus]
THE LORD: Hahahaha! I see what you did there!
[earlier]
DAVID: Hey God, check this out.
THE LORD: What?
DAVID’S HARP: [Gsus]
THE LORD: Hahahaha! I see what you did there!
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January 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?
~Lawrence Durrell
[Lady with a harp by Sir John Herschel (1842)]
~Lawrence Durrell
[Lady with a harp by Sir John Herschel (1842)]
January 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?
~Lawrence Durrell
[Lady with a harp by Sir John Herschel (1842)]
~Lawrence Durrell
[Lady with a harp by Sir John Herschel (1842)]
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If the child on the left was old enough to pick cotton and the child on the right was old enough to attend Klan rallies, then today's children are old enough to learn about both of these and how they've led us to where we are today.
November 21, 2024 at 7:25 PM
If the child on the left was old enough to pick cotton and the child on the right was old enough to attend Klan rallies, then today's children are old enough to learn about both of these and how they've led us to where we are today.
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Happy 82nd birthday to Guion "Guy" Bluford, the first Black American in Space.
November 22, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Happy 82nd birthday to Guion "Guy" Bluford, the first Black American in Space.
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At 16, Yvette Stevens joined the Black Panther Party. She was responsible selling the Black Panther newspaper & helping start the free breakfast program for children.
You might know her by another name: CHAKA KHAN!
ko-fi.com/Post/Yvette-...
You might know her by another name: CHAKA KHAN!
ko-fi.com/Post/Yvette-...
Yvette Marie Stevens AKA Chaka Khan
African Archives published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:55 PM
At 16, Yvette Stevens joined the Black Panther Party. She was responsible selling the Black Panther newspaper & helping start the free breakfast program for children.
You might know her by another name: CHAKA KHAN!
ko-fi.com/Post/Yvette-...
You might know her by another name: CHAKA KHAN!
ko-fi.com/Post/Yvette-...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Did you know that James Hemings, is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America.
The Chef de cuisine was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8.
ko-fi.com/post/James-H...
Did you know that James Hemings, is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America.
The Chef de cuisine was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8.
ko-fi.com/post/James-H...
James Hemings is the reason macaroni and cheese made to America.
African Archives published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
November 29, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Happy Thanksgiving!
Did you know that James Hemings, is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America.
The Chef de cuisine was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8.
ko-fi.com/post/James-H...
Did you know that James Hemings, is the reason macaroni and cheese made it to America.
The Chef de cuisine was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson at 8.
ko-fi.com/post/James-H...
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It is so important for you and me to spend time today learning something about the past so that we can better understand the present, analyze it and then do something about it.” —Malcolm X
December 28, 2024 at 8:35 PM
It is so important for you and me to spend time today learning something about the past so that we can better understand the present, analyze it and then do something about it.” —Malcolm X
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Welp. Hi. My name is Calvin Arsenia. I’m an afrofuturist feminist queer harpist, composer, band leader, author, podcaster, former-soprano and I, too, am sad about TikTok.
January 19, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Welp. Hi. My name is Calvin Arsenia. I’m an afrofuturist feminist queer harpist, composer, band leader, author, podcaster, former-soprano and I, too, am sad about TikTok.