june is caribbean heritage month........

Life lessons   - go ahead & compromise! (It's all about  Love & Family !) 

a little chill music for june ( luv this one)...- http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=SFoYWyajvVM 

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June is here, many eastcoast events & Carnivals, 2 Weddings and a Graduation -Celebrations!

the tide can turn.... LIVE UP! Love Up & Build Strong Families. Focus on Positivity & Good Vibes.....  ~ peace nadine

This is madness...do we really want/need to go out like this??? http://www.caribbeanworldnews.com/middle_top_news_detail.php?mid=825  or this?  http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080602/lead/lead4.html   I know, that People can do better than this, for their children's safety & well-being !

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Sad news - RIP  Dr Ikael Tafari .( of Bim, a Pan African Activist) - http://www.nationnews.com/story/342467698796344.php

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  fresh basil  is good on this too!-  click to enlarge pics . 

carnivals

http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1195564328/45#45

caribbean american heritage month events

http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1208435920

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recipes - how to do tofu     +     click to enlarge    

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art   

@ the BMA - http://www.artbma.org/collection/overview/african.html

My Mother collects  wonderful modern pottery, mostly from Bim. Barbados has an ancient ties to pottery.

here are a few sites! Earthworks! http://earthworks-pottery.com/

History of barbados amerindian /carib pottery ( post-saladoid ) - http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/heywoods/

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literary interests & events

a really good author! colin channer - http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1211899949

How to make moroccan style mint tea...http://www.africawithin.com/recipes/mint_tea.htm

afro chic's page ( interior/decor/style ) - http://www.aphrochic.blogspot.com/

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 chilling on  sports night a break ! !  :)     potatoes & string beans! +

sports

trevor graham found guilty - http://www.sportsjamaica.com/read_article.php?id=12704

on usain bolts victory ! - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1023468/Why-Bolt-blue-raising-eyebrow-two.html

congratulations to this fit fit girl! - http://www.nationnews.com/story/291837925502959.php

Trinidad win bodybuilding classic - http://www.nationnews.com/story/66624098188857.php

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music        up-beat & fun!      +  

wyclef & djakout mizik -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpGzNvAjIDA

afrobeat jazz -  Fela Anikulapo-Kuti- Black President -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2KbLejO8mY

estelle - american boy! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjlOYHpi-A0

revelers gettin on bad @ Wadadah's  adult  fete not for children  (soca,  mix of calypso & bouyon music ) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq5uBmGBnJo

 

no wallflowers ! - krosfyah - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEWpPSYqZ7o

lil rick (bajan soca) - http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=AqtHEAv9XKc   alison h.  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYAHo1qS9pI   various POV's "on wukking up" -  http://www.barbadosphotogallery.com/updates/update7aug99.html   & http://www.meppublishers.com/online/caribbean-beat/past_issues/index.php?pid=2000&id=cb85-1-88  ( u will never hear me complaining ... )

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a short original poem by me ( nyvette) 

a trans- atlantic percussion discussion  -

a dialogue in beats,  just dialoguing beats....a dialogue in beats,  just'  dialoguing beats.

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on shea butter.... (in natural hair blogs) http://journals.aol.com/ooonadine/ooonadinesnyvettepeacefulblog/entries/2006/07/21/-hotter-than-july..../787

 

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more to come, until next time walk good!   ( click to enlarge photo)