Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday

I just heard this song, Strange Fruit for the first time today. This song has a rich story behind it, written 1939 by Abe Meeropol. Billie Holiday was hesitant at first to sing the song for fear of retaliation. The depth in her eyes in this performance is mesmerizing as she…

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Kacey Musgraves follows her truth with, “Follow Your Arrow”

I haven’t drank a sip of alcohol since 2006, I choose to be healthy. I have been known to have strict eating habits that work for me. I don’t go to an organized religious fellowship, I speak to God on an hourly basis everywhere I go and so on… This…

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Solano County Library and my book, How Far Will I Run

March is National Woman’s History Month and I will be the Key Note speaker for my Book, How Far Will I Run at the Solano County Library Foundation’s Luncheon. Tickets are now available for only $25.00. It seems in my past few presentations of my book, I have gotten choked…

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Women’s History Month Luncheon

Today I received this email and I am ecstatic and humbled. I am me and I do the things I do because I love to do them. I would like to write more and further my connections in the community. That is the space I am creating for myself. This…

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