My weekend

This was the type of weekend that reminds me of why I continue to live in Maine…warm days, comfortable nights and plain old fun stuff to do. I have had a few post ideas brewing in my head but with a busy schedule ahead and a book review due by week’s end on a book …

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Moving to Maine…the Black Edition Updated for 2016

I originally wrote this post in 2011 back when I had all of 17 readers and most of the them family members. However this post remains one of my most read with requests asking for updated information and in light of a recent comment that was left, I decided to revisit this post.  Lately I have …

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More Black Girls in Maine? Oh My!

Considering that one of my paying gigs involves writing about diversity in Maine, it was with great interest that I listened to the findings that were released from the Census Bureau yesterday about the state of Maine. It seems that between 2000 and 2010 Maine’s Black population increased by 132%! In real numbers that means …

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