Welcome to the #RRBC “SPOTLIGHT AUTHOR” Blog Tour Featuring #RRBCSpotlightAuthor, Charles W. Jones @ChuckWesJ

May 10, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Hi and welcome! It’s always a pleasure to share the work of wonderful authors. Today, it’s my honor to host Charles W. Jones, another amazing writer from the Rave Reviews Book Club of which I’m a member. Today we’re celebrating Charles’ novel Circus Tarot. Please welcome him to “The Long and Short Stories” as he interviews one of […]

Goodbye Christmas, Hello Spring!

March 12, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

My husband just brought it to my attention that I still have remnants of Christmas all over the downstairs living areas. Wow! I’d gotten so used to them being there and they fit in with the décor so well that they’d grown on me. (Love those bowls of ornaments and the silver ornaments around the […]

Some of My Favorite Southern Expressions

March 6, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

My great grandma’s name was Edna, but everybody called her Miss Sweet. She was known mainly for her skills in the kitchen. The woman could fix anything. She used only fresh ingredients and we went to market almost everyday. When my sister and I walked a’piece, to “town” with Mama Sweet, we wore our sun […]

Take This Leadership! I Don’t Want It Anymore!

February 8, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

I chose the title because I see too many leaders who haven’t been trained for leadership and they’re just about ready to give up. They had visions of leading their companies, departments, schools, or organizations to great heights. Unfortunately, their people didn’t embrace them, get behind them and follow. Consequently nothing was accomplished. One misconception […]

Real African American History is Unsettling

February 7, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

It wasn’t my intent to burden my readers with the murky parts of American History, as there are facts many of us are not only ignorant of, but select not to learn of. A deep dive into African American History is one such murky subject for it is painful. In researching this project for publication, […]