“Art and culture are the base upon which communities heal, unite and become strong. Art and culture connect people to their past, their present and their souls, and give communities something that can never be taken away.” — Carlton Turner “Summertime in the city” vigorously started with party after party, food, music, and a chance […]
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“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” T.E. Lawrence Family and friends […]
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Living for the Weekend
“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.”- spiritual leader Peace Pilgrim It was standing room only as family and friends eulogized Edna Scroggins Wright, our friend and mother of Willard and Ralph Wright. “Her children rise up and call her blessed.” Many of […]
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Living for the Weekend
“Is this the little girl I carried? Is this the little boy at play? I don’t remember growing older when did they. When did she get to be a beauty? When did he grow to be so tall? Wasn’t it yesterday when they were small? Sunrise, sunset sunrise, sunset swiftly flow the days. “I can […]
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Living for the Weekend #127
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it […]
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Living for the Weekend #125
“Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.” Robert Schuller “Take me out to the ball game” “Ain’t the beer cold” What […]
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Living for the Weekend #124
“I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and legs, you’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at the very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.” ~ Mel Brooks The festive crowds arriving at Little Havana […]
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Living for the Weekend, March 26
“I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and legs, you’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at the very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.” ~ Mel Brooks The festive crowds arriving at Little […]
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Living For the Weekend, March 11.
If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.” – Sojourner Truth “I’m every woman.” […]
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Living for the Weekend, Feb. 26
“If someone had told me that one day I would be standing in the White House and an African-American president would be presenting me the Medal of Freedom I would say, are you crazy? Are you out of your mind? It’s just an impossible dream.”- Rep. John Lewis In honor of Black History month, we […]
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Living For the Weekend, Feb. 12
“If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.” – Carter G. Woodson “Those that don’t got it can’t show it. Those that got it can’t hide it.” – Zora Neale Hurston In […]
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Living for the Weekend, Jan. 5
“I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11. “Through the mirror of my mind time after time, I see reflections of you and me; reflections of the way life used to be.”- Diana […]