- formerly Gabbing with Grace
When an international magazine editor sits down on a chair called “the black woman chair,” for an editorial magazine… …heads are scratched. Pearls are actually clutched. Swear words are articulated. Anger is not just in the head or heart, it is felt in the body. From anger to sadness to despair. Then you remember this […]
netizen |ˈnetəzən| noun a user of the Internet, esp. a habitual or avid one. //// 1. My HOMEY, Micah talking about how he changed his mind regarding the “evils” of Black Friday inspired a great deal by this post explaining the upsides of Black Friday. Love. 2. The black musician who befriends KKK members & […]
Have you ever seen Little Shop of Horrors? It’s a musical about a nerdy florist who finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed. With blood.
Do you ever go back in time ala journals? I have several which I have advised my husband to promptly take to the backyard and burn upon my death.
On 9/11, I have a vivid image of my husband bounding into our bedroom, swinging open the door and yelling, “Gracee, wake up! We are at war!” My 1st thought, of course was nuclear war. I thought we had days, hours, perhaps even minutes to live. (I know I’m such a drama queen, but seriously […]
Today a friend recommended I buy a few books on marketing and P.R. for the sake of growing my blog. A few weeks ago, a friend recommended I attend the Blogher Network\’s 2010 Conference going on this weekend. The collision of those conversations with the conference I am actually attending this weekend -The Willowcreek Global Leadership […]
You probably won’t have a hard time believing me when I say I often have to ask myself, “is this blog more appropriately expressed in my private journal or should I just click that “publish” button over on the right?” I guess this one fits into both because for some reason I’d really like to […]
I’m in the middle of Obama’s fascinating memoir, Dreams from my Father: A Story of Race & Inheritance. Of all the memoirs I’ve ever read, Obama’s by far is the most complex. Sometimes I find myself rereading a few sentences over & over again, thinking “what on earth did he just say?” Last year, Joe […]
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