The Algae Row

Six of One, Half of Another -- Unless We're Bakers

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Part 1: How to Recycle Clothing

Yes, this another placeholder. Continue reading Part 1: How to Recycle Clothing

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Part 1: HONEST BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS REVIEW: P. Sherrod & Co.

So what had happened was… Continue reading Part 1: HONEST BLACK-OWNED BUSINESS REVIEW: P. Sherrod & Co.

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Honest Black-Owned Business Review: Patties @ Minto's Jamaican Juice Bar

Truth be told, my favorite patty place is Leimert Park’s Ackee Bamboo. Being that I’m about a six-hour drive away from that beloved place, I’ve had to look elsewhere for patties. Enter: Minto’s Jamaican Patties and Juice Bar. (more…) “”

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Minding My Own Business

Here we go. This morning, I was about to reach out to a major platform to pitch a written series, the first installment of which you’re reading now.  My aim? To show what happens when a less-than-optimally-successful self-employed person hunkers down and consistently follows specific pieces of advice he or she ain’t heeded since the inception of the person’s business. More often than not, the…

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Honest Black-Owned Business Review: Toilet Paper-n-Things @ Freedom Paper Company

Toilet paper: you use it (well, most of you use it), and Freedom Paper Company (FPC) sells it. Let’s chat about my purchase experience with a Black-owned toilet paper (and household goods) company. (more…) “”

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Try'n'a Get It Right

Try’n’a Get It Right

Please, send good thoughts my way. I asked for patience and understanding. I asked to learn when to speak and when to hursh (yes: “hursh”). Class is in session. For the past two hours, I’ve been engaged in an intermediate course, and I’ve done well. No, I’m not being flippant. 👇🏿(Scroll Down)👇🏿 https://gfycat.com/adeptmeanearwig Please, be with me as I continue to be patient and mindful. I need…

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Your ADF Twin -- Who Is It?

Your ADF Twin — Who Is It?

Take this quiz to see who you’d be if you were a character in “A Different World”. Don’t get mad, though. Lena, (more…)

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Tupac: So Many Tears (1995)

Tupac: So Many Tears (1995)

Hours ago, I sat down to write a different post about another favorite song–my absolute FAVORITE Tupac song–but realized “So Many Tears” is a better fit for my family members’ situations. This is dedicated to both my late sister and mother, who “…suffered through many years and shed so many tears”.  I can’t be honest without rufflin’ some feathers, so I’ll just say they should have been given…

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FACEBOOK LIVE: Introducing...Staarland Career Design + Consulting

FACEBOOK LIVE: Introducing…Staarland Career Design + Consulting

This is so jankily last minute, but I want you to… Join me, this morning (or this afternoon or evening, depending on where you are in this big world) for a chat with Staarland Thompson of Staarland Career Design + Consulting. When: Thursday, June 3, 2021 @ 9:15 AM PST Where: Facebook Live – Introducing…Staarland Career Design + Consulting (via Facebook Live)             (Going forward, we’ll meet…

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PRODUCT REVIEW: ORIGINAL PAINTING from ART BY ALEIGHSHA

PRODUCT REVIEW: ORIGINAL PAINTING from ART BY ALEIGHSHA

I’d been eyeballin’ Aleighsha’s work for a while. I’d let somethin’ else I’d wanted slip through my fingers, and I’d just be dog on if I was gon’ let that happen again. No Damn Tuna: I saw it, I wanted it, but would I get it? (more…)

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Common: The Light (2000)

Common: The Light (2000)

This mornin’, I’d gotten off to a shaky start. After musterin’ the courage to ask my tutor for a modified session (and after she was gracious enough to humor my request), I started with some Eddy Kenzo, which led to this favorite (which really got me goin’), then rolled into this old favorite by Common.I’m not the biggest Common fan. I don’t hate him. In fact, I like him; he’s just not my…

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PRODUCT REVIEW: Breakfast Bowl & Lavender Lemonade @ Grand Rising Food Truck

PRODUCT REVIEW: Breakfast Bowl & Lavender Lemonade @ Grand Rising Food Truck

To visit friends and get my dinner (yep, at 10 AM), I was headed toward the end of the lake (where all the markets are set up), but I didn’t quite make it because I noticed Grand Rising Food Truck.I’d seen the food truck advertised by some folks I’d met, so I’d be waaaaay outa (yes, “outa”) pocket not to stop and get me somethin’ to eat. (more…)

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President John Magufuli: Kumuaga Baba Mwema

President John Magufuli: Kumuaga Baba Mwema

For well over a decade, I’ve seriously considered leaving the United States of America. It wasn’t until I’d learned of late-President Magufuli that I’d started to seriously set my sights on East Africa. Unfortunately, His Greatness is gone, and my desire to live in Tanzania is gone, too. Continue reading

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General Review - Mandela Grocery Coop

General Review – Mandela Grocery Coop

Not once in 2020 did I darken the door of this black-owned grocery store. I think living in the Age of COVID-19 just threw me off-track, but I’m ready to refocus, and poppin’ into one of my favorite stores was a good way to start.Continue reading

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Quick Vent

I ain’t a killer, but I AM a complainer, and they done tested me.

(Pape, it’s a Tupac reference. I’m not out here contemplatin’ killin’ folks. Calm down.)

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First Impressions: Power Your Launch Marketing Accelerator

First Impressions: Power Your Launch Marketing Accelerator

No, I’m not goin’ anywhere, and I probably won’t eat for a few more hours, either.

I’m so taken with having gotten into #PowerYourLaunch (an ostensibly well-worth-it marketing program) that I’m consumed with succeeding. I joined yesterday, and I haven’t been able to focus on much else, since.

I have all kinds of thoughts, and I’ll try to chronicle my experience. If you know like I know, though,…

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Product Review: Art Frame @ Captured Images Custom Framing

Product Review: Art Frame @ Captured Images Custom Framing

A week or so before my birthday, I’d decided to frame the lone piece of art I’d owned so that I could hang it on the wall. The piece is just a lithograph, but it’s my lithograph, and I didn’t want it rolled-up in the cardboard tube in which it had been shipped. I wanted to look at it, everyday, but I wanted to make sure it’d be protected. In comes Captured Images Custom Framing. (more…)

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