Category: Living for the Weekend

“You might see me on the Eastside, the Westside, I’m even going cross the bridge cause, and I hear they really get down over there. Monday to Thursday, I’m dead on my feet most of the time, too tired to eat; when I try to read the paper, I fall fast asleep. But, as soon […]

“The most beautiful word on the lips of mankind is the word “Mother,” and the most beautiful call is the call of “my mother.” It is a word full of hope and love, a sweet and kind word coming from the depths of the heart. The mother is everything; she is our consolation in sorrow, […]

“An old man, going on a lone highway, came at the evening cold and gray, to a chasm, vast, deep and wide, through which was flowing a sullen tide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim, that sullen stream had no fears for him; but he turned, when he reached the other side, and […]

“You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you’re a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.” Joe DiMaggio Opening day generates an overwhelming excitement in me; I feel like a child waiting for Christmas. […]

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child […]

“I am woman, hear me roar in numbers too big to ignore and I know too much to go back an’ pretend. ’Cause I’ve heard it all before and I’ve been down there on the floor no one’s ever gonna keep me down again.” Helen Reddy For Woman’s Month, we salute Shirley “Big Shirley” Belton, […]

“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war and until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the color of a man’s skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes. And until the […]

“Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful celebration of life.” Dom Tomás Balduino The Friday Night Bunch surprised everyone when we ventured east of President Street, for a unique […]

“I’ve been all over the world. I love New York; I love Paris, San Francisco, so many places. But there’s no place like New Orleans. It’s got the best food. It’s got the best music. It’s got the best people. It’s got the most fun stuff to do.” Harry Connick, Jr.   “I only wanted to […]

“We are so grateful to live in this land, a land of unequaled possibility, where the son of an African immigrant can rise to the highest level of our leadership. We know today that Dr. King and a great cloud of witnesses are shouting in heaven.” Rick Warren (President Obama’s 2009 inauguration) “I remember it […]

“I don’t know about tomorrow, I just live from day to day and I don’t borrow from its sunshine for its skies may turn to gray. And I don’t worry about my future for I know what Jesus said and today He walks beside me for He knows what lies ahead. Many things about tomorrow […]

“Santa Claus, go straight to the ghetto fill every stocking you find, the kids are gonna love you so leave a toy for Johnny, leave a doll for Mary, leave something pretty for Donnie and don’t forget about Gary. Tell him James Brown sent you, huh and go straight to the ghetto. You know that […]