hot & hectic!

Ah!!!!! August is for going AWOL &
Road Trips & Kicking it with Family---
Enjoying the last remnants of Summer 2011 !

zik - My Parent's had these cool chill tunes..
one by Carlos & the Crew! (mandrill)
& a classic by war
- they still makes me smile & remember those
carefree & happy times!!

muhsinah

& a lovely song by Build an Ark

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mindfulness

Thich Nhat Hanh: Peace is Every Breath

Yoga Increases Cortisol, Relieves Stress


zik by rima
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the boys of summer
- a stadium song

as usual - well? they kinda lost.
here's a good tune
anyone else out there like this shipping tape's
commercial's song? I always have my Husband
Cracking up at Me, while I swerve & snap my fingers - grooving to it! ...

more 'zik - the late gilles floro
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Interesting articles & events

Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington DC
Obama to speak at King memorial dedication in D.C.

Greening 'the Help'

Back-to-school anxiety a problem for kids

Parenting pointers: Raising Happy Kids!

Notting Hill carnival: fraught with risk, but the show goes on

RIP Jean-Caude Bajeux

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Ramadan Mubarak to Family & Friends observing it!

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Art

Stanford's Cantor Arts Center spotlights six millennia of African art

"Madamas: Women, Madonnas, and Mothers" exhibit!
(female images in Caribbean Art).

The work of Ronald Ackins

Barbara Smith Conrad - When I Rise!

10 African-American Visula Artist You need to know!

Mixing Metaphors!

Films by Kevin Jerome Everson at the Whitney Museum

The Work of Antonio Jose Guzman

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an orange,walnut,mahlab, nutella- mini treat!

Literature

the author of The Help- Kathryn Stockett

'The Caribbean Writer' dedicates silver anniversary to Haiti!

check out the Anthurium!

the interesting work of Karen Lord! here & here

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Music

stuart wilson

carlinhos brown

hector lavoe

war!

stanley cowell

kenny barron & mr. getz

hermeto

malika zarra

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dance tunes

they're jonesing..

they're jonesing 2

machel

kes the band

alison

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Culinary articles

Cool as a cucumber:
Quell some of summer's heat with cucumber recipes

Summer Fruits: Nectarines and Plums










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Culinary inspirations



















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(I've hooked up a wicked fresh mushroom sauce
from scratch!!)
Using a little basic culinary
" know how" (Thanks goes to My Mother for teaching me early on)
Serve with pasta or rice..

It's Summer
& Cooks don't have to re-invent the wheel
every freaking day of you opt
not to , Thanks to veggie patch! or
use frozen falafel balls.

various homemade versions
made with tvp & tsp are in my
blog's archives.
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zik- a classic by san fan thomas
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music by goldee

& another version of Chorinho pra ele

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It's a g thing!

very pretty lampwork beads

another nice site

craving inspiration for your Children's
or a Guest room for the Fall? consider this!
more ideas here & here ... this one is nice too!
(keeping a child's room or child's bath, tidy)

a mandatory breeze through when in
iladelph! Fantes! (it's always Fun to Cruise
through this place with My Mother !)

interesting _ Elle Decor @ Kohl's

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closing, zik -

RIP, the very talented MrAshford
suffering no more..
Thanks for the great tunes
& quiet storm classics! they wrote
so many, it's hard to choose...
here's a few...

here
here
one of my Husband's fav. here

& here ( I can't even imagine
her great loss) Comfort to this Family!

I love the lyrics of this one!
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Triumph

a tune from Sergio

Muhsinah

more Muhsinah ( i love the beat underneath)

Sir Paul Cool

& outta the window

kaidi

a bit of dubstep

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zik for Aug.23, 2011
(We're Fine here! )

a classic by the fearless 4

just flow with it!

a classic by dirtsman

janet kay

alton ellis

fay ann

:)

Until next entry, walk good!~peace nyao