On The Brown Bookshelf: Me, Mitzi and Our Hotlanta Series!

I simply can not sing enough praises for The Brown Bookshelf, an incredibly rich resource for lovers of children’s books written for and by African...

– Mar 1, 2010

SPIKED HOT CHOCOLATE RECIPES!

A few weeks ago I gave you all the ingredients you need for a “Good God Almighty” Spiked Hot Chocolate Party and MyBrownBaby mommies from...

– Feb 26, 2010

Wordful Wed: Halftime IS Game Time, Thanks To the Band

This is my confession: I’m a total band hag. Like seriously? I can sit through an entire football game one with the teams sloshing around...

– Feb 24, 2010

A MyBrownBaby Weekend: We'll Be Watching Lifetime's "Sins of the Mother"

Oh, I’m going to be straight GLUED to the Lifetime Movie Network on Sunday, when “Orange Mint and Honey,” the breathtakingly beautiful novel written by...

– Feb 19, 2010

Watch This! Diary of a Single Mom

It’s a story that always seems to be told from the underbelly the single mom as the long-suffering, community-ruining, government program-draining, man-eating, neck-swizzling baby mama...

– Feb 17, 2010

Spiked Hot Chocolate

Godiva Chocolatinis. Godiva liquer- and rum-infused fudge and caramel brownies. The oh-so-chocolatey Morris Chestnut (The Best Man) and Omar Epps (Love & Basketball). And my...

– Feb 5, 2010

Wordful Wednesday: This Moment Is Your Life…

Drink wineThis is life eternalThis all that youth will give to youIt is the season for wine, roses and drunken friendsBe happy for this momentThis...

– Jan 20, 2010

In The Spirit of Martin: Celebrating the Prince of Peace

The poem featured here today was created by celebrated poet and activist Nikki Giovanni as part of the Smithsonian’s 2002 traveling exhibit, “In the Spirit...

– Jan 18, 2010

The Brown Baby Hustle: Going Green, Singing Earth's Praises, and Getting Paid

Okay, so maybe I was being a wee-bit dramatic last week when I posted about how giddy I was that the kids were back at...

– Jan 12, 2010

Wordful Wednesday: Homage to a (Rare) Singer Who Loves Us Just the Way We Are

I’m not going to complain and moan about the sorry state of music today how it degrades and insults and reaches for the lowest common...

– Jan 6, 2010
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