We are in the midst of a gender revolution. No, not the male versus female one. But the one about those in between. Recently, it forced Wellesley College, my alma mater, into the news when the New York Times published an article titled When Women Become Men at Wellesley. I was startled, not because a […]
My First Baseball Game
I recently attended a Philadelphia Phillies versus Washington Nationals Major League Baseball game because the opportunity presented itself and because I’m in a “let’s get off the couch this year” mode. As was rightly asked of me, you lived how many years in Boston and never went to Fenway Park? Incredulous! I think not. I’m […]
It’s 12/12/12. So What?
Well nothing really, aside from this being the last repeating number date of the century! I partied like it’s 1999 in college in 1999 and survived the Y2K scare of the Millennium that had us thinking all computer systems would shut down on 12/31/1999. I actually spent the Christmas holidays and Wintersession that year in […]
Talking about “One Day I Too Go Fly”
A Ghanaian-Ukranian friend of mine who came from Ghana to attend MIT, one of our “sibling schools”, is in the process of directing a “coming of age documentary about young Africans on a quest for knowledge at an elite American university”. It chronicles the life of five students from Tanzania, Zambia, Nigeria, Rwanda and Zimbabwe […]
My Turn To Weigh in on Obama’s Win
Growing up in East Germany, Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher were my world leaders. I knew nothing about them and their politics yet I liked each one. Bush Senior was a blur and Clinton was memorable only because I was living in Ghana at the time of his first win (1992) and a lot of Ghanaian […]
Good Friends, Good News in Boston
After my rather depressing winter, I decided that an attitude adjustment was in order for me. I’ve got a lot of things going well for me although I’m not going to lie – the things that make me unhappy are major (aren’t’ they usually though?)- the seemingly never-ending winters, my life of total boredom attributed […]
Recuperating in Boston
Afternoon Tea @ the Taj The last several months have not been going according to schedule at all. There was supposed to be a light at the end of the tunnel – a blueprint of sorts for the grand escape and so far all I have is disappointment. To make matters worse, the work-place is […]
Powder Necklace: A Novel by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
This is a coming of age story that the African Women’s Book Club read a couple months ago. It would probably make a good young-adult fiction. The author is a friend of one of the members and we invited her for a book reading of this, her first novel. The book reading was held at […]
Literary Adventures II
About a year ago I vowed to pick up reading books for leisure again. I have a library card and have actually checked out a few books. I registered for PaperBack Swap, an online community where one can trade books for the price of postage. I now have about 30 exciting books to be read […]
Boston you’re my home!
Boston Chinatown – the only historic Chinatown in New England. It’s probably third behind San Francisco and New York in terms of Chinatowns in the US. Lots of good food here! The Roman Catholic Mission Church in the Mission Hill area of Boston. You can’t miss it! It’s real name is The Basilica of Our […]
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.