Posts by anitteb
How is Racism/Sexism Institutionalized over society?
by: Marceline Donaldson In the life of one African American family —— To say my upbringing was unusual is an understatement. To look at the men and women who had substantial influence over my life and were my family is to look at people who were black, white, rich, poor, powerful, ordinary, hard working, worked…
Read MorePolice “SWAT” Five Black Students out of Harvard University’s Leverett House for no reason!
This appeared in the April 8, 2023 edition of the Harvard Crimson: Leverett ‘Swatting’ Attack: At least five armed Harvard University Police Department officers stormed a Leverett House suite early Monday morning. The raid was prompted by a false 911 call from someone claiming to be a “kicked out” student who had taken a woman hostage in the suite. The students in the suite,…
Read MoreChicken Liver Påté or Chopped Chicken Liver
What a choice! I spent a couple years trying to recreate an appetizer I loved, but could not find the recipe. After much search, discussion, questions, amazingly, I discovered the recipe depends upon whether you are Jew or Christian. In most cookbooks I found recipes for “Chicken Liver Pate. ” If you are not Jewish…
Read MoreFrom Trash to Enhancing the Garden!
Being a caring human being as you live your life one small step at a time takes time, energy, focus and more. We have come from a slave society, in which pushing your work, responsibility and clean-up onto others who worked for free or close to free, was how work got done. Many of us,…
Read MoreRacism, Sexism, Bigotry of any kind – decoded!
It is difficult to outline bigotry. Mostly if you say to someone you just expewrienced unbridled racism, they will probably respond – “I doubt that”. And when you object because your life has been one experience of racism after another and you feel you know the landscape, they still continue and want you to outline…
Read MoreMushrooms for breakfast!
We discovered this great combination of food and spices which made an outstanding breakfast /brunch/dinner dish. Everything, of course, is organic! That is crucial! One large organic onion, sliced thin and put into a skillet with butter and grapeseed oil. We would say into a skillet with butter, but we are becoming less conservative in…
Read MoreEVIL EXISTS – The most common way to identify it is through the DENIAL that comes immediately after an act of EVIL!
This is a post set to music – the kind you don’t hear much anymore! Go back far enough and you will find evil taking lives in the most horrible ways. And today it is still happening. This hymn takes us back over 2,000 years and a reminder of what Jesus’ crucifixion was like. The…
Read MoreA New Year and a New Way for doing the same thing! – Trash and Garbage Disposal!
As the number of people who inhabit this world increases exponentially and become entangled in the culture of disposing of trash and garbage, what do you do? Do you add to the mess or have you discovered ways to do trash and garbage disposal to the benefit of all? – especially clean streets, clean sidewalks,…
Read MoreWriting my family history! What was life like for an African American Family – plus others!
by: Marceline Donaldson This installment is about my great-grandfather – Rev. Dr. David Franklin Taylor. It gives you a small idea as to what his life was like. A coincidence that I married Rev. Dr. Robert Bennett? To have the time to look back on your life many years later, it looks a lot different…
Read MoreAn Ode to a Past Life – Martinez Kindergarten – NOLA
This has been a tragic week. It is difficult to live each day, but to have to face the death of friends each day puts grief upfront and central to everything else that happens. We learned of the death of Numa Martinez this week. He died in 2019. The very next day we learned of…
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