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Continue reading →: A Frank Conversation
I recently reconnected with a cherished friend with whom I hadn’t spoken in about 12 years. You know friendship is true when it’s as if no time has passed and you cackle like you always did, sharing dreams and fears. We have done all the catching up on family, kids…
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Continue reading →: Banned Books Week
It’s Banned Books Week and the fact that it exists is disturbing. In the 21st century, there are books being removed from libraries, curricula and schools. How did we get here? Oh right… different ideas, perspectives and people are dangerous! How do you have a “free” society that isn’t free…
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Continue reading →: Sooo, I Wrote a Book
It’s been a minute, I know. But now you know why. I’ve been writing! I’ve mentioned before that I joined a writer’s group when I moved to Costa Rica. At that time, I was an uninspired poet who hadn’t written in months. Slowly, as the fresh air filled my body…
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Continue reading →: Thinking Of a Masterplan…
The Constitution should be “colorblind” in a nation that is colorstruck? SCOTUS strikes again. When my daughter told me on Friday about the court’s decision regarding affirmative action, I didn’t blink. I was not surprised, nor should anyone else be surprised. This court has a masterplan: to make America great…
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Continue reading →: NOT The Perfect Find
SPOILER ALERT Let me start by saying that I love this BOOK. I love Tia Williams as a writer; I’ve read several of her books. I was really looking forward to this! With that said, I didn’t like the Netflix movie. As an avid reader, and more importantly, a writer,…
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Continue reading →: It is Exhausting
My post was: “It is exhausting. No hashtags. Prayers answered.” This same story is on repeat. The details change, but not the main character. It is the definition of ludicrous. And nothing is done to change the story. When I say it’s exhausting, I mean for those of us who…
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Continue reading →: Eyes Wide Open
Last night, my son and I were in my Ayoka room. He was working on an assignment to create an infographic about himself. He had to use Canva and called me to help him with finetuning some of the design details: he told me what he wanted to do, I…
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Continue reading →: Claiming A Space
Did you know that Zora Neale Hurston is known as the first Black female filmmaker AND anthropologist? Wait. Lemme back up… do you know who Zora Neale Hurston is? I pray that you do. The name of this blog is actually an ode to her. Zora Neale Hurston is best…
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Continue reading →: A New Home
Today, Empowering Single Moms, Inc. (ESM), the nonprofit for which I serve as executive director, is hosting an open house for our new home. We are so excited!!!! And this National Day of Service is the best day to have it. The ESM House is a rowhouse located in Wilmington,…
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Continue reading →: What Has More Value, a Car or a Person?
On January 7th, a 13 year old boy, Karon Blake, was shot and killed by a man who thought he saw Blake “tampering” with neighborhood cars. The shooter, who has yet to be identified, came out of his home, had some sort of exchange with the boy, then shot him…
- Fuck the cookout
- What does that mean?
- I'm sitting in the airport thinking about Michael which I had the pleasure of seeing on Friday morning.
- I became an author at 51, here in Costa Rica.
I’m Ayoka
Welcome to Mule Of The World. Musings and rants from this Black woman. Zora Neale Hurston called the Black woman “the mule of the world.”
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