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Blax Hx 2023: Stories & Fairytales

More on Arks and Middle Passages… Who knew the unlearning would seem as though a vice to even ourselves? Who knew it would feel like hell? Have you ever listened to Anita Baker’s ‘Fairytales’. I was afraid of this song as a child; along with ‘Little Walter’ by Toni! Tony! Tone! (I just got theContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: Stories & Fairytales”

Blax Hx 2023: Battlefields, Arks & Middle Passages

They found her on the battlefield. She looked as though she’d traveled from some far off land. They’d get these types every now and then. Lost Souls is what they called them. But one took a second glance at her right wrist. It did not have the cut that many have. Instead there was aContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: Battlefields, Arks & Middle Passages”

Blax Hx 2023: In the Name

There is power in your name. Study its history, its origin. Love on it. Write it down, ball up the paper, see how it unfolds. No matter how many hard or soft covers beckon its beginning and end; no matter how many faces they give it, there it is. Etched inside. Parting red seas. AContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: In the Name”

Blax Hx 2023: ☮️ by ✌🏾

I was born on an army base in Texas. With the word ‘kill’ leading the way – war shielding a precious love. Near borders. In desert-like summer heat. To parents who inherently knew the importance of 2×2; but too young to realize the gravity of the nails placed in wooden boards. Around the corner fromContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: ☮️ by ✌🏾”

Lemonade? Nah, Lemon Poundcake! 🍋 🍰 🍋

I brought in the New Year with my tried and true Lemon Poundcake. Some of us take lemons and make lemonade; I take lemons – scrape the skin and add much more than just water and sugar…watch it rise under heat. As stated many times before, it’s integral for us to CREATE! Baking works forContinue reading “Lemonade? Nah, Lemon Poundcake! 🍋 🍰 🍋“