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Jacquie
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OBW (old black womanist), Tez’s forever, Mama, Mimi, overthinker, practitioner, dog lover who no longer has a dog. “Hold fast to dreams…”
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I lost my 13 year old catahoula coonhound, Roux, on Jan 20th. The angst of these times makes me appreciate & miss her even more.
Black woman w/curly gray hair looks at camera while a brown dog sits behind her & stares in another direction 13 year old brown dog with white face is curled on her blanket and favorite chair looking into the camera. Reddish brown dog (a younger Roux) on a black leather chair in front of a fire place.
September 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Today I am missing my Momma who died of pancreatic cancer in 2009. I am still finding out things about her life even though I was with her from the day I took my first breath to the day she took her last breath. 💜
Beautiful smiling woman sitting on an orange couch in a white dress with spaghetti straps and a bouffant skirt.
July 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Y’all, we went to hear #MavisStaples tonight (Charleston Spoleto Festival ). That sister sang! I was expecting some of the bluesy r& b “back in the day songs”, but I was not expecting rousing movement songs. Don’t sleep on her if she comes your way.
Two smiling Black people. The gentleman (my husband) in a black, floral shirt. Black woman (me) in black eyelet top. Singer Mavis Staples in flowy colorful top. Two guitarists behind her, one wearing a hat, the other wearing glasses.
May 31, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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I love the deep joy in this 1982 photo by Jim Wilson of opera superstar Marian Anderson, with Shirley Verrett and Grace Bumbry. Wilson gives the backstory for the occasion in Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the NYT Photo Archives 2017, by
Joyous faces of opera singers Marian Anderson, Shirley Verrett, & Grace Bumbry in January 1982 after Marian Anderson’s Carnegie Hall concert. Photo by Jim Wilson in Unseen:Unpublished Black History
February 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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I lost my sweet girl, Roux, on Monday. 💔She was a 13 y/o catahoula coonhound with a big personality. She would go into the closet & gather shoes before she napped—Never chewed them. She knew the #*!% inauguration was going on so she decided to make her exit. Enjoy your people & your pets.
Old hound dog staring into the camera while laying on her favorite chair. 5-6 individual shows strewn across the floor. Sleeping dog with her back to the camera.
January 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 16]
Purple background with yellow and lavender lettering.
January 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 15]
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#20daybookchallenge
A smooth brown face fills the black and white cover. Viola Davis’ dark brown eyes are focused straight ahead. Her nose gently flares. Her mouth is closed and unsmiling.
January 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 14]
#booksky
#20daybookchallenge
Dark images of birds flying in different directions on a white background. The title, Emergent (light blue font with lines) Strategy (olive green font with lines). The authors name, adrienne maree brown, is in lower case orange font inside a hot pink rectangle.
January 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 13]
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#20daybookchallenge
Picture of beautiful, smiling author, Maya Angelou’s in the upper right corner of the cover. Her name is in large purple font. The title of the book, I Know Why the Cages Bird Sings) is in smaller script font. A narrow border of purple leaves is outlined on the left side of the cover.
January 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 12]
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#20daybookchallenge
Author’s name: Atul Gawande in large black font. The book title: Being Mortal A single blade of green grass is on the cover between the author’s name and the book title. Subtitle is in smaller red font: Medicine and What Matters in the End
January 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 11]
A long single braid of light green sweet grass on an off white cover, Title: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. Author’s name: Robin Wall Kimmerer
December 31, 2024 at 3:04 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 10]
“Rules for Radicals” in large font on a red cover with the author’s name, Saul D. Alinsky, in white lettering. The subtitle is also in smaller white letters, A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals.
December 29, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 9]
#booksky
#bookchallenge
The image of a face with eyes, a nose, and mouth. The face is light gray and barely distinguishable from the background. The upper half of the cover is orange with the title in white lettering. It’s an old book so it is quite faded.
December 28, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 8]
#booksky
#bookchallenge
Three pictures on a blue cover that look like a page has been torn.Stormy water through a fence with land in the distance. Horse drawn wagon with tour guide and 4 passengers riding. 3 people standing near the fence. The main title: Charleston, is in large white font. Race, water, and the coming storm are in smaller black font.
December 28, 2024 at 5:04 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 7]
Two faces are on the light green background cover of this book: Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom. One face is a black man with darker shaded skin color. He has a mustache, neatly trimmed beard, hair combed to one side with a part. His eyes open, gentle to me eyes, looking straight ahead. He appears to be wearing a collared shirt, tie & suit jacket. The woman is of fair complexion. Her center parted dark hair is softly pulled back from her face. Her garment has white neckline. Beneath the large title font and the author’s name, Ilyon Woo, we see a boat on a body of water, perhaps river. There are trees and scrubby grass & bushes. A fence of some kind is at the bottom of the cover.
December 27, 2024 at 1:07 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 6]
A large white bird (a hawk?) flies over mountainous terrain with lots of cacti of different shapes and sizes. Two figures walk on a winding path. The colors are muted browns and greens. The sky is blue. The author (Carlos Castaneda) and title (Journey to Ixtlan- The Lessons of Don Juan) are at the top of the page.
December 24, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 5]
This is a side view of a Black woman in a dark floral dress staring directly off the cover of this paperback book. She is squatting, unsmiling and appears to be in her 20s. She has a full Afro. Her nails are polished in a dark red color. A single yellow rose is in the foreground. Two petals fall off the stem. The title, Sula, by Toni Morrison is above her head.
December 23, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 4]
A black & white photo of the poet,June Jordan. She is smiling and looking down. She is sitting on the grass wearing jeans and an open collar casual shirt. She has a full Afro that is beginning to gray. The cover is shades of black & gray. The title, Passion, is in red lowercase font. The subtitle, “new poems, 1977-1980 with preface by the poet” is in yellow lowercase font.
December 22, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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There are 2 by Major Jackson that I like. Here is one:
Black and blue cover with title: Razzle Dazzle written in fancy yellow script. The poet’s name, Major Jackson, is in white type. There are abstract blue swirls of different thicknesses across the page. Text for poem by Major Jackson called The Nature of Memory
December 22, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 3]
#booksky
#bookchallenge
4 sided geometric figure with red & blue stripes on off white background. Title says Choice Points in dark blue lettering with author’s name, John C. Glidewell in red lettering.
December 20, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 2]
#booksky
#bookchallenge
Red spine on a black book cover with the words All About Love and the author’s name: bell hooks in gold lettering
December 19, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. [Day 1]
#booksky
#bookchallenge
Three people walking facing away. Tall man holding the hand of a young child, maybe a boy. A woman is to the left of the man. They are walking through a brownish read field. Gray blue skies are over head. The title is in the left corner, Leadership and the New Science.
December 18, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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Book 1
Book cover with three humans walking in a field. One person is a child holding the hand of a tall man. A woman walks ahead. You only see their backs. There are gray blue clouds in a mottled sky. You cannot see where they are walking to or from.
December 18, 2024 at 2:24 AM
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It was my great fortune that Poet Nikki Giovanni made a virtual appearance at the Charleston Literary Festival in Nov 2024. Of the many compelling things she said, this statement about her choice to write about justice & revolution: “it’s so much easier to tell the truth.”
Smiling photo of golden colored Poet, Nikki Giovanni. Her hair is short, white and curly. She has a deep purple top on.
December 10, 2024 at 3:14 AM
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Holding family holiday memories from last week real close.
Pink, orange, yellow, blue sunset sky in NC. A few glimpses of houses & power lines at the very bottom of the photo. Toddler girl in sleep bonnet playing with braids and locs of 2 older girls in matching pajamas. All have their backs to the camera. Sunrise on beach in Kill Devil Hills NC. Yellow sun peaks above the water in an orange & blue grey sky. The top of porch is in the foreground. T V Screen with words Archie Family Jeopardy in large white letters from family game night. Background is purple, blue and pinkish.
December 3, 2024 at 3:13 AM