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New Year’s Eve 2019 Live Music Playlist

I am having friends over New Year’s Eve, and plan to just chill with a live music playlist!  Could you imagine going to a concert and listening to Chaka Khan, Sade, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Michael Jackson, George Michael, Mary J Blige, Madonna, Wham!, Big Daddy Kane, Massive Attack, and Jodeci all on the same stage.  That would be really unrealistic, but pretty awesome!

My new year’s resolution: enjoy life more with music. Here is what I listened to:

Experience: Jill Scott 826+ by Jill Scott

Live By Erykah Badu (You Betta Call Tyrone… Call Him..)

Homecoming Live by Beyonce

Lovers Live by Sade

Blue (Live) by Wham!

Safe From Harm Live by Massive Attack

Papa Was a Rolling Stone Live by George Michael

Wrath of Kane Live by Big Daddy Kane

Come and Talk To Me Live (Uptown Unplugged Live) by Jodeci

Forever My Lady Live (Uptown Unplugged Live) by Jodeci

I Don’t Want To Do Anything Else by (Uptown Unplugged Live) Mary J Blige and K-Ci

Live at Jakarta International Jazz Festival with Chaka Khan and Incognito

Live in Bucharest: The Dangerous Tour by Michael Jackson

The Girlie Show: Live Down Under by Madonna

Dave Chappelle’s Block Party by Various Artists

My Year in Books 2019

I have been reading (and rereading) a lot of books this year.  I made a list not only to share my reading habits but also to hold myself accountable to continue reading.  My new year’s resolution every year is to read more books, and I think I have achieved that!  

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Looking For Lorraine by Imani Perry

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn

Paul Robeson: A Watched Man by Jordan Goodman

War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence by Ronan Farrow

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal

The Queen by Josh Levin

Vegan Eats: Tasty Plant-Based Recipes for Every Day by Rachel Ama

Algiers, Third World Capital: Freedom Fighters, Revolutionaries, Black Panthers by Elaine Mokhtefi

Grand Union by Zadie Smith

Black Software: The Internet and Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter by Charlton McIlwain

Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene Carruthers

Dear Ijeawele or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Groundings with My Brothers by Walter Rodney

Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies by Dick Gregory

A Terrible Thing To Waste: Environmental Racism and its Assaults on the American Mind by Harriet Washington

Grass Roots: African Origins of an American Art by Dale Rosengarten

Our Rainbow Queen: A Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II and Her Colorful Wardrobe by Sali Hughes

The Beautiful Ones by Prince

Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams

The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy Tyson

The Handbag: An Illustrated History by Caroline Cox

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah by Kwame Nkrumah (I was so excited to get a second edition copy of this from my local thrift shop!)

What’s Cooking: Jamaican Egg Punch

Last year I went to my cousin’s Christmas party and she served the most delicious Jamaican egg punch, which is basically egg nog with a dash of Jamaican rum!  This year I am planning a Christmas party and decided to make this. It only has four ingredients – eggs, nutmeg, milk, vanilla, and rum.  You can leave the rum out if you want a non-alcoholic drink.

If you are interested in other Jamaican foods made during Christmas, I have done previous posts on Jamaican rum cake and sorrel.

Here is a video on Jamaican egg punch.

What I Am Thankful For

There are a lot of things for me to be thankful for this year!

  1. I am good, healthy, and happy
  2. My family is good, healthy, and happy!
  3. Global Wire Associates is going strong as we enter our 15th year in business!
  4. My friend hired me as a writer on a documentary about the women of the civil rights movement that will premiere on a major cable network next year
  5. A book I have been editing on Caribbean plays for a new author will finally be published soonish…
  6. While I have been doing bag making through my online bespoke, Vanguard Design, for many years, I started doing more craft and art shows this year to much success!
  7. I am thankful for being able to be me!
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