Paul L. Dunbar’s “The Party” Still Sounds Good

August 16, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

The first time I heard “The Party” by Paul Laurence Dunbar, it was recited by Ms. Eunita Rushing, an alumna of his namesake school in Chicago. I had not known Ms. Rushing to be such an orator, and though the Hall of Fame Induction that night was in honor of famous dignitaries like Bernard Shaw, […]

Cozy—Old School—Childhood Neighborhoods?

August 15, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

Reprinted from Boomacious.com, L. Mims Something tragic happened to the old neighborhoods where I grew up in the 60’s. In those days, most of the businesses up and down 31st and 35th Streets, from King Dr. (South Park) to Michigan were owned by our neighbors. There was a drycleaner and a hardware store, both owned […]

Dr. Jeffrey Von Glahn, Rave Reviews Book Club Author!

August 14, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

Reprinted from Boomacious.com, L. Mims RRBC’s Pay It Forward winner is Dr. Jeffrey Von Glahn. He has more than 40 years of experience in psychotherapy! That’s what inspired him to write the book, “Jessica: The Autobiography of an Infant”, amzn.to/1zeQjPu. Dr. Von Glahn is convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that there is in the human […]

Anybody Remember Typewriters?

August 13, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

Reprinted from Boomacious.com, L. Mims My 27 year-old daughter had a great time laughing at how my generation had to rely on manual typewriters to write our high school and college term papers. I regaled her with stories of dozens of balled up papers surrounding the trashcan. These papers boasted mistakes, lumpy whited-out corrections and […]