In Western culture it started life as a color of desire, thanks to the lyric genius of 7th century BC poet Sappho, whose papyrus fragments told of her erotic predilections for younger women with "violet tiaras." By the late 1800’s,...
It’s the end of the Winter Festivities Season. We’ve had our longest night of the year, the Winter Solstice, Christmas is gone and Kwanzaa offered us daily meditations on how to create the future in which we want to live....
Growing up, my mother used to take me to all of the different Christmas art fairs. It was a favorite time for me, looking at all of the very beautiful objects. My favorite place to go was the Pittsburgh Center For...
As joyful as we like to remember them, holidays can be a stressful time. (especially for women and femme indoctrinated people.) Over the coming weeks, I’m hoping to offer you insights and encouragement to be generous with and to yourself. ...
Bonfire Night is such a warm and wonderful holiday. Family and friends gather together in the nippy air around a fire and spend the evening eating, laughing and talking. I wanted to make a design special for Bonfire Night. But,...
I’m so honored that a number of folks have said that so many of the products on Mmmm, Yes! fit the Afro Boho look. It also made me think deeply about what that is and what it means to me. ...
Some say John was a Congolese prince. Some say him ride that giant crow name Old Familiar. Some say him marry Eulalie, the Devil’s daughter. (We be knowing Them-Ones-Them create the Devil out of the what we was friendly with that Them-Ones-Them...
