I remember the excitement of celebrating Carnaval every year as a little girl in Brazil. My mother designed our costumes and sewed them on her Singer machine. She added sequins, lace, and tulle by hand. The butterfly costume with translucent violet wings was my...
While cleaning, I dropped a little vase that held a plastic plant. It was an inexpensive decoration that I used in my bathroom. But I liked the whiteness of the ceramic vase, the pebbles glued on top, and the realistic-looking green spikey leaves of the imitation lace...
By guest writer, Ivani Greppi: a former Umbanda Spiritist Medium Like the Medium of Endor in 1 Samuel 28, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors and Melina Abdullah, co-founder of BLM-LA, attempt to call up the dead. The ritual is to publicly recite the names...
Attached are documents that I found online during my research for Cast Out regarding my ancestors’ immigration journeys. These pictures with the captions will be interesting for you to connect my ancestors with the characters in the book. 1) Ship SS...
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