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Continue reading →: Women Are Standing Up By Cutting Their Hair
And burning their hijabs in the streets of Iran. Finally… Women continue to be second-class citizens around the world, and yes, the Western world too. Whether you agree with that statement or not, you must agree that killing a 22 year-old woman, Mahsa “Jina” Amini, because some of her hair…
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Continue reading →: It’s. About. Time.
The U.S. Justice Department has charged four Louisville police officers in connection with the murder of Breonna Taylor. One charge is that the officers falsified evidence in order to obtain the search warrant. Think about that…
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Continue reading →: Podcasts: love ’em or hate ’em?
Everyone has a podcast these days. You can find them on just about every topic: some have a very niche target say, Stephen King book fans or Queen Sugar enthusiasts, and others have a broader audience of self help or a celebrity’s musings. I remember prior to the pandemic, I…
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Continue reading →: Register to Be a Donor
Are you a donor? Of any kind? If not, you should consider it. You could change lives. You could save a life. Some donations, happen after you have passed away. Others can happen while you are alive. One such donation is bone marrow and stem cell donation. There are many…
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Continue reading →: Bittersweet
On June 30, 2022, Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as an associate justice to the U.S. Supreme Court making her the first Black woman to hold this position. I recall how much pride and emotion her nomination held for me and so many others. But, I feel sorry for…
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Continue reading →: Writing Is Therapy
I hadn’t written a short story since high school. Literally. In high school, I chose writing over my love of numbers; that’s when I became a writer. It was quite accidental. Two things happened: I took a creative writing course during my junior year and reality became too real. That…
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Continue reading →: The Answer Is Yes
I loved Steve Kerr when he played for the Bulls. I love that he uses his platform to speak out. But, to answer your question Steve, it is a resounding YES. Legislators are and have been more interested in holding on to their power than to pass any legislation that…
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Continue reading →: Symphony
The jungle of Costa Rica produces a daily symphony. A howler monkey’s call and response, Mating calls intertwine with Trilling lizards, Thrumming of humming bird wings And a cricket’s solitary song. The crescendo of monsoon rain on a tin roof With the wind as a strong accompaniment To the bullfrog’s…
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Continue reading →: Love Versus Hate
The level of hate that it takes for an 18 year old to shoot a bunch of strangers in a grocery store! WOW… it is mind-numbing… And of course, it’s not the first time. I don’t think people realize what it does to you: the daily reminder that people hate…
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Continue reading →: I’m a Bibliophile
I’m just gonna say it. Ebooks are not the same! Yes, they are convenient and are getting me through right now… english titles are hard to come by here in Cahuita, Costa Rica. There’s something about turning a physical page, the weight of the book in my hands, pretty bookmarks…
- 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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