The weekly round up is back! I was away because I was trying to think of a different format for this series. I think I have one. Each Friday, I will post my favorite reads (plus my stellar commentary :smile:) on…

Sometimes we take things a little too far in this hair care game. Ijeoma (Klassy Kinks) is concerned about a shortage of okra in the name of hair gel. Okra soup isn’t my favorite but I see her concern. I’m…

No hair posts this week. 🙁 I’m not going to inundate you with excuses. Thankfully, there’s a round-up post this week. Have you tried any Reel Fruit snacks? I really like the dried mango. Affiong Williams, CEO recently did an…

January 22 was Wilbur Scofield’s 151st birthday. You may be wondering who Wilbur Scofield is. He developed a scale for measuring the ‘heat’ in peppers. Food52 wrote a brief bio about Scofield and his interest in peppers. Today is Actually…

First blog round up of the year! My apologies for not doing this sooner. My site and computer were having problems. In fact, my computer is still down. I took it to the repair shop about 2 weeks ago and…

Serial is back!!! I haven’t had a chance to listen to the first episode yet. If these episodes are anything like, last year’s episodes, it will be excellent. Serial Podcast Sisi Yemmie did a video on her salon pet peeves. I wholeheartedly…

Nigerian poet and writer, Bassey Ikpi shares her experience living with Bipolar II disorder. I found this a very insightful and relatable read. One point that really resonated was when she mentioned how we tend to ‘strong black woman’ ourselves…