Why can’t Long Reach Village Center just be great? Why y’all? After months and months and MONTHS of negotiations, letter writing, meetings, pleads from neighbors requesting that something wonderful happen to that center to revitalize it nothing will happen. Or at least for now. The center was already in decline when I moved to Howard … Continue reading
Soooo I spent about 90 minutes at Giant yesterday morning gathering my food for the impending snow like a squirrel gathering nuts for the winter. I lugged 7 heavy bags of groceries into my car and drove home. As I loaded my car I started thinking about the Long Reach residents who have to do … Continue reading
My part time job is health journalist. I write for publications in Washington, DC (my fabulous hometown). I cover health and community news in neighborhoods in an area of the city known as “east of the river”. These areas have the highest concentration of Black residents. It also has the highest concentration of poverty, homelessness, … Continue reading
Forgive me in this post but I’m feeling a bit cynical today. I’ve been working out a little too hard lately. Well here we go. In the wake of the Trayvon Martin travesty that has literally stunned the nation (although I don’t know why we’re stunned.) St. John Baptist Church is having a community discussion … Continue reading
From the Scratch Pad of An Urban Bushwoman 