Thanks to our daughter, Miranda, for sharing this with me this morning. Filled me up to overflowing. I’m so glad we can still count on the Ad Council to be powerful and innovative. Get yourself some Kleenex… http://youtu.be/Cen7NhfpMVE rethink bias at www.lovehasnolabels.com
Author: Anita Gail Jones
Marching into Spring
Had meniscal knee surgery on Friday. So this is Day 3, March 1st and I started it by leaving my notes and reading and recliner to hobble out to the garden and gather flowers for this mandala. Thanks to my friend Judith in still wintery Brooklyn for the idea. Hope you all are finding beauty where… Continue reading Marching into Spring
Harlem Hopscotch ~ Music Video: Maya Angelo
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mBHyKECPuA?rel=0&w=560&h=315] Harlem Hopscotch by Maya Angelou One foot down, then hop! It’s hot. Good things for the ones that’s got. Another jump, now to the left. Everybody for hisself. In the air, now both feet down. Since you black, don’t stick around. Food is gone, the rent is due, Curse and cry and then… Continue reading Harlem Hopscotch ~ Music Video: Maya Angelo
Love Rocks
Original art by a.jones 2015 River rocks wrapped in handmade paper with photocopy print.
Valentine
From the sunny skies of Southern California, Family Weekend @ Pitzer College. My heart goes out to friends braving harsh weather ~
2014 in review
Hello You Faithful Subscribers! Thank you so much for sticking with me for another year of blogging. The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for my blog and I thought I’d share it with you: Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,400… Continue reading 2014 in review
Through a Lens Darkly ~ New Documentary on PBS
FILM: Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People Had the pleasure and good luck to see this film while in DC for A.J. Verdelle’s 12-13-14 party, in fact went to the screening with A.J. I thought the pacing could use some pep, but the content more than makes up for that.… Continue reading Through a Lens Darkly ~ New Documentary on PBS
A Path Appears ~ Series on PBS starts TONIGHT 10/9c
Thanks to blog follower and friend, Cynthia Ladd-Viti, I just found out about this, so rushing to let you know. The four hour documentary, A Path Appears from Independent Lens—based on the stellar book by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn—starts tonight on PBS. Set those DVRs to record. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcHSWoMJF_Q?rel=0&w=560&h=315]
Olivia Davis is at “The Starting Line”
Singer, songwriter Olivia Davis is 20 years old and just released her first CD: The Starting Line. Olivia was a year ahead of our daughter, Miranda, in high school at Marin Academy, San Rafael, California. For three years we enjoyed her music performances with various bands; always wanting to hear more from her. It’s wonderful to… Continue reading Olivia Davis is at “The Starting Line”
Ava DuVernay ~ Film Director (Selma)
Ava DuVernay…where have you been all my life?? This dynamic woman understands something my friend and editor A.J. Verdelle preaches all the time: Clarity is not negotiable. In her recent Fresh Air interview with Terry Gross, DuVernay was very clear about her artistic vision for the film, Selma: with regard to Oyelowo’s portrayal of… Continue reading Ava DuVernay ~ Film Director (Selma)