Celebrating Our Differences
When one thinks about it, the issue with the type of hair that African Americans have remained such a conundrum is fascinating. One realizes that many folks in American society need glasses, common sense, or lessons in observing and actually “seeing.” When Africans were forced into slavery in…
I have been troubled by folks who try to limit my rambunctiousness from a very young age. As I aged, I learned that being too truthful was not necessarily good. Until age seventeen, I thought that the truth was the light, and that was how God wanted it….
SugarPearl’s Studio Kitchen LIVE Zaalouk is a North African salad of eggplant and tomatoes. The roasted eggplant is combined with tomatoes and seasoned with spices and garlic. #eatgoodsugar SugarPearl’s, LLC | Charlotte, NC: www.sugarpearlsonline.com | carla@sugarpearlsonline.com Facebook LIVE: Carla Renea and SugarPearl’s | Instagram: sugarpearls_online | YouTube: SugarPearl’s…
YOU EXPERIENCE REALITY ACCORDING TO YOUR VIBRATION Your individual energy level is called your frequency. Your frequency generates your own unique personal vibration, which is perceived by everyone around you. If you want to match someone else’s vibration then you must tune into their individual frequency. The way…
September 18, 2017 I am standing in my kitchen, puncturing a white marshmallow that I’ve just popped into my mouth with my tongue. My cell phone rings. I pat myself down for it. It’s you. I haven’t been expecting your call. Not after the way you treated me…
We often focus on our failures and disappointments and tend to forget or disregard our successes – this statement is not very far away from the truth! It is so easy for me to focus even right now on the failures and disappointments I have encountered in my…
Happy New Moment! My annual greeting for the New Year invites another moment to contemplate/activate our existence, to live and love strong. One of the chief Contributors to the mission of Garden Spices, Author, Humanitarian, Entrepreneur, Activist, and Advocate for all things positive and just, Susan Peters, transitioned…
Our lives are crowded with busy distractions, racing schedules, and self-imposed demands. We need to include some downtime to sit and rest. Even the Winter teaches us this – let go, be silent, be still and rest. I am a confessed workaholic. I love nothing more than to…
Sister-Friends, Joyce A. Brown and Susan Peters This article is not what I was writing for this issue of Garden Spices…however, this is my catharsis moment. My sister friend, Susan D. Peters entered her eternal rest on December 16, 2022. On December 14, Susan shared with me…
The moment I found out that the theme for this next issue of the Garden Spices Magazine was “Rest,” my mind went blank and drifted into nowhere. Suddenly I felt a surge of information about how complex the notion of “Rest” is. The first thing that came to…