I’m trying really hard to concentrate on my job but it’s tough. I couldn’t stop thinking about Marcus Kincaid, my friend, Bobby’s very handsome and charming uncle. He was at the family’s barbecue. I was thrilled to see him. From the moment we met which was about a year ago, I was smitten with him. … Read More Abiyomi Meets Marcus
My family and I drive past it every day on our way to drop our son to school. It’s a beautiful old building in a quiet neighborhood. I’ve often wondered what it looks like inside. I recently learned that the word synagogue comes from the Greek word for gathering together. It can be a house… Read More A New Experience
When Deandra took her niece to see the musical, Aladdin, for her thirteenth birthday, she certainly didn’t expect to bump into Harrison and his date. It was when they were leaving the theatre. As they were going down the stairs, she asked Maya, “So how did you like the show?” Maya shrugged. “It was okay,”… Read More The Weekend
I have heard of Talisman before but couldn’t remember what it was until I searched its meaning on the Internet. It is an object which people believe holds magical properties that bring good luck to the possessor, or that protect the possessor from evil or harm. It can be wore around the neck or wrist. Jewish amulets were made up… Read More Good Luck or God
He sat at the back of the car, gazing out of the window, his mind miles away, when he spotted her walking through the fields. What on earth was she doing there? He tapped on the glass partition. “Please pull over, Rodney.” The car slowed and then pulled over to the side of the road. … Read More Trespassing
He was always having lunch by himself every time she went to the cafeteria. She would pass his table and he would look up. Their eyes would meet and then she would smile. He smiled back and she continued walking until she reached the table where she usually sat with Angie, her co-worker. On day,… Read More The Cafeteria
Dubbed “America’s favorite black conservative” and “Genius of the South”, Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance. She is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. Zora was born on January 7, 1891. She was was the fifth of eight children. … Read More Zora Neale Hurston
Notes to Women 