By Valerie Fraling, Special to the AFRO “Art has to be a kind of confession. I don’t mean a true confession in the sense of that dreary magazine. The effort […]
Category: Living for the Weekend
LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
By Valerie Fraling, Special to the AFRO “I don’t know about tomorrow; I just live from day to day.I don’t borrow from its sunshine for its skies may turn to […]
LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
By Valerie Fraling, Special to the AFRO “I hope you never lose your sense of wonder. You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger. May you never […]
LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
By Valerie Fraling, Special to the AFRO “I’ll be seeing you in all the old familiar places. That this heart of mine embraces all day through. In that small café, […]
LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
“Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don’t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the […]
LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
“Enjoy your freedom but hear this from me; it cost you nothing, but it wasn’t free. For your peace of mind, safety and slumber, prices were paid that no one […]
LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
“Try to remember the kind of September when life was slow and oh so mellow. Try to remember the kind of September when grass was green and grain so yellow. […]
LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
By Valerie Fraling, Special to the AFRO “Music does a lot of things for a lot of people. It’s transporting, for sure. It can take you right back, years back, […]
Living For The Weekend
By Valerie Fraling, Special to the AFRO “I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege […]
LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
“Beans and Cornbread had a fight. Beans knocked Cornbread outta sight. Cornbread said, ‘Now that’s alright, meet me on the corner tomorrow night.’ I’ll be ready, I’ll be ready tomorrow […]
LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
By Valerie Fraling, Special to the AFRO “Johnny Taylor, still the favorite and Bobby Blue Bland still the blues, 5 dollars you got to pay, just a jukebox and no […]
LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND
“Back when I was a child before life removed all the innocence, my father would lift me high and dance with my mother and me…And I knew for sure I […]