Dare to Imagine: Storyteller challenges listeners to dream
As a kid I devoured books. I especially loved biographies. I hated history, but loved the stories of real people. Especially stories of women. And Black people. If the stories were […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Dignified and Indignant: Finding acceptance among Black women
I remember the first time my sister ever called me sister. She was about to give me a facial, my niece came down and asked some question about why my […]
Environmental Action!: A roundup from ecoRI News
Road to Renewables or Dead End? “The Road to 100% Renewable Electricity by 2030 in Rhode Island” outlines how established incentives and power mandates can achieve the target through a […]
Lunar Notes
February opens with a third Quarter Moon with Moon in intense, emotional Scorpio squaring off with the Sun in the intellectual, freedom-loving sign of Aquarius. The question is: Do we […]
At the Forefront: Black womxn lead the fight for social justice
Black womxn have stood at the forefront of just about every large-scale movement for social justice in this country’s history. As a Black womxn in 2021 fighting for progressive change […]
Ode to the Black Woman
ONLY A BLACK WOMAN Can take a week of leftover scraps and make a gourmet meal Can cuss a man out, then make love to him that night and make […]
Forgive ’em? Or Forget ’em?: What to do with Trump-loving friends?
Dear C and Dr. B; There are people in my life whom I was friends with before all the recent election fraud garbage erupted. They were supporters of the now […]
The Timelessness of The King’s Busketeers: A splash into sea shanties
Sea Shanties are typically not my preferred listening, but my recent research into the genre as a whole has yielded some fascinating results. Long before TikTok made it trending, The […]
The Race: Wilbury’s latest offering was written for Zoom
“I’m a professional storyteller by trade, and I pretty much stopped working because of COVID,” says Mark Binder, the writer and playwright behind The Wilbury Group’s newest online offering, The […]