Happy Hump Day! It is Wednesday and I am feeling good. Yesterday, my husband and I went to the gym together and got in a quick workout. That was a great way to start the day. I have been back working out more regularly and that is great. I started at home with routines from … Continue reading Words From Me!
Give your fitness goal a purpose
It took almost two years to fully convert myself to a healthier and active lifestyle. Not that I wasn’t kinda active nor ate smart, I just wasn’t as consistent as I am now and for consistency to become my portion I had to rethink my steps on why I’ll fall off track after a great … Continue reading Give your fitness goal a purpose
Words From Me!
Happy Monday Guys! It has definitely been a while. So much has been going on my way. This past Friday my beautiful daughter turned 3 (I can’t believe it has been 3 years already). Aside from that, I have been having a lot on my plate and just needed time to zone out for a … Continue reading Words From Me!
The truth behind 3 hand-clapping games from your childhood
I awoke Monday last with “shimmy shimmy coco pop” in my head. And all at once hand-clapping games seemed extremely, urgently important. It’s been a lovely week of Youtube searches and nostalgic play. While too young for fancy-pants clap tracks, our kids (2 and 4) do like learning the words and/or basic moves. And for me there’s … Continue reading The truth behind 3 hand-clapping games from your childhood
Thomas Jefferson spent years raping his slave Sally Hemings. A new novel treats their relationship as a love story.
A new historical novel about Thomas Jefferson is raising eyebrows. Stephen O’Connor’s Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings, which came out on Tuesday, is about our third president’s relationship with Sally Hemings, his slave. DNA evidence has proved that Jefferson and Hemings had six children together while Jefferson kept Hemings enslaved — and Jefferson also enslaved their children, freeing … Continue reading Thomas Jefferson spent years raping his slave Sally Hemings. A new novel treats their relationship as a love story.
